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3.52 AVERAGE
challenging
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i was interested in reading it at first but i haven’t really found myself looking forward to reading it again
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I feel like I can sum up the lessons of this book as simply:
Be Clever. Be attentive. Be loved. But also be feared. Be unpredictable, but not all the time. And always strive to be self-reliant.
It is a good book, but I must point out that it reads like a series of lectures.
Be Clever. Be attentive. Be loved. But also be feared. Be unpredictable, but not all the time. And always strive to be self-reliant.
It is a good book, but I must point out that it reads like a series of lectures.
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inspiring
reflective
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We won’t change if we don’t change. It’s really just a view on how we have behaved throughout all of history thus far
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Better read as a historical document rather than an actual philosophical text. Much of what he says is self-explanatory and long-winded although occasionally there are good insights and turns of phrase. He makes clear-headed arguments about how a Prince should behave and why one should never hire mercenaries. Unfortunately, since most of our governments now are not monarchies or principalities and Machiavelli wrote this as an exhortation to the Medicis this will not provide much to those seeking to ‘48 Laws of Power’ their way to stardom.
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'The Prince' by Niccolo Machiavelli with illustrations by Morim Kang takes the classic work and makes it a kind of annotated version. I've tried to read this classic before, but with this version, I finally finished it.
It's a classic about ruling and politics. There is a lot of reference to history and that is where Morim Kang comes in. After each chapter there is a graphic novel summary of the events that Machiavelli talks about. The art isn't the best, but it works and even adds a little humor in, such as every time someone ends up getting assassinated. This book covers a broad range of history, so there are Greeks and Romans and lots of Italians running through the pages. Alexander the Great, the Medicis and the Caesars are among the many people but there are other royalty and popes. They all show the machinations that rulers make behind the scenes.
The art style is simple, but it gives the work a sort of medieval two dimensional look which fits with the book. I appreciated the chance to finally read this and to have additional material that helped the book make more sense to me.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Diamond Book Distributors, NETCOMICS, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
It's a classic about ruling and politics. There is a lot of reference to history and that is where Morim Kang comes in. After each chapter there is a graphic novel summary of the events that Machiavelli talks about. The art isn't the best, but it works and even adds a little humor in, such as every time someone ends up getting assassinated. This book covers a broad range of history, so there are Greeks and Romans and lots of Italians running through the pages. Alexander the Great, the Medicis and the Caesars are among the many people but there are other royalty and popes. They all show the machinations that rulers make behind the scenes.
The art style is simple, but it gives the work a sort of medieval two dimensional look which fits with the book. I appreciated the chance to finally read this and to have additional material that helped the book make more sense to me.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Diamond Book Distributors, NETCOMICS, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
I don't there is much to say about Machiavelli's The Prince that has not already been said and in a much more eloquent way. In such I will only permit myself to mention that this treatise retains its importance even today, as the original such treatise on the need for politics to be its autonomous field. That is all.