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The Art of War: Niccolò Machiavelli (Annotated) - Non-Fiction / Human Science / Philosophy / Eastern

Niccolò Machiavelli

3.52 AVERAGE

kreni's review against another edition

3.5

informative reflective medium-paced

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A product of its time, this brother was an OG in getting cancelled. Seems unfair to me because it’s literally a how to win the game of thrones for dummies. This guy definitely had a thing for Borgia as well. 

Overall pretty interesting how even for a leader (prince) today, everything is black and white with not much grey area, and that the ends nearly always justifying the means.

isabellakershner's review against another edition

4.0

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it’s slightly concerning how much i enjoyed this book- i found myself enamored with machiavelli and his ability to weave convincing arguments. i highly recommend for literally anyone interested in world leadership and history. not only did i learn about governmental philosophy, but i found i gleaned a lot of italian political history from circa 1500, which was very interesting as that was such a pivotal point in european history as a whole.

isaac_salle's review against another edition

3.75

informative medium-paced

glassof13ghosts's review against another edition

2.0

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machiavelli certainly would be prepared for doomsday and would probably make it out of the last of us

dl_0915's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

twilytgardnfaery's review against another edition

3.0

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Fairly accessible for a piece of political theory... I can't say I agree entirely with where he's coming from, but it's certainly interesting for its historical value.

sithae's review against another edition

4.5

dark informative reflective medium-paced

steve_t's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

omarai's review against another edition

3.25

dark fast-paced

celiacdisease's review against another edition

3.0

informative tense slow-paced