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?? ?????? ??? ??? ???S? ?? FAVOURITE BOOK
Il Principe by N.Machiavelli, 1513 St?
ß?ß??? a?t? ? ?a??aß??? µa? de???e? t??p???
d?p??µat?a? pa?? p???t??? ?e???a . ? ?a??aß???
?e??e? ?t? p??pe? ?a ?????µe ta p??ta ??a ?a
ap??t?s??µe ?a? ?a d?at???s??µe t?? e???s?a .
???t???? a???????s?? e??a? p??ta ? ep?t???a .??
s???e???µ??? ß?ß??? ape?????ta? st?? ?a????t??
t?? ?ed????. Se a?t? µa? a?af??e? ?t? ???e
µ??????? p??tte? ?p?? ???e? ????? pe?????sµ???
. This book is more about diplomatic tackling
than political theory. Macchiavelli holds that
anything is permitted in order to attain and hold
on to political power, and that a monarch has
absolute power to do as he pleases. a The book
was dedicated to Laurence of Medici.
Christinas comment ??t? t? ß?ß??? µ?? ??ese
??at? µa? ??e? ?t? p??pe? ?a ?????µe ta p??ta
??a ?a ??at?s??µe t?? e???s?a ?a? ?a
pet??a????µe t??? st????? µa? . What I liked in
this book is the spirit of persisting in
attaining your goals. T?µ?µa? ??a ap?spasµa p??
??e?e ?? ??a??? t???te? sa? d??? p?? ? st????
t??? e??a? µa?????? ?a? ????????ta? µ???? p??
µp??e? ?a ft?se? t? ß???? t?? t???? t???, ß?????
s?µ?d? a??et? p?? ???? ap? t?? st??? . G?a ?a
µp???s??? µe t?? ß???e?a e??? ????? s?µad??? ?a
pet????? t?? st??? t???. I remember the
metaphor about the able archers who shoot their
arrow high in order to reach a distant target.