Those following Rufus’s excellent “blogging the canon” series may also be interested in James Hanley’s chapter-by-chapter breakdown of The Prince.
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Ugh. I’m sorry, but you really cannot understand the Prince without reading Machiavelli’s Discourses on the Histories of Livy. The Prince is a companion piece, and a gigantic swipe at the Medicis.Report
That’s interesting. I’m not sure if I even remember The Prince, but I quite enjoyed Livy, so that might be a good direction to come at Machiavelli.Report