Book description
The ends justifies the means.The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli as an instruction guide for new princes and royals. The general theme of The Prince is of accepting that the aims of princes – such as glory and survival –…
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1 author picked The Prince as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Machiavelli will explain why and how our elected political shepherds are driving us herd of sheep to World War III.
Like me, you were required to read Machiavelli when you were young and dumb, and we didn’t grasp the power of his words. Now—even though it’s already too late—consider The Prince again to understand who we really are.
From James' list on The best books to wake up and smell the approaching World War III reality roses.
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