The Prince – Machiavelli
The Art of War is a Sun Tzu epic but when it comes to the politics of war there is none who put the thought process together than the late Machiavelli in, The Prince. Below is an excerpt from “The Prince and the Discourses” (Max Lerner) and it might provide a window into the somewhat blunt and brutal way the author idealized Politics. Most of us approach politicians with hate and distaste due to the multitude of lies and falsehoods they perpetuate. However, he made it his goal to define and simplify the process as black and white, good and evil.
There wasn’t too much condemnation towards evil as he was trying to maintain an unbiased approach. However, as he does outline certain events and certain colourful characters you can see that he does it out of the desire to bring clarity not the desire … Continue reading