Thursday, October 4, 2012

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

In my polysci class we were discussing this book. And my God is it interesting. It talked about how a ruler should be strong like  lion and smart like a fox. A ruler should be religious but to not practice it because being religious makes a ruler weak. A ruler should only kill when justified . How a ruler should have power over everything. A ruler should be feared and respected. If his people hate him then he won't have any power over them.
This all seems complicated but I think it makes sense. Don't you?

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