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Great Books Club
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๐We read great books and discuss them with friends. ๐ Sundays 2pmET at unlonely.app/tldr. Learn more: paragraph.xyz/@tldr/intro-gbs
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Most overlook Machiavelli's heart.
But he says below that certain political necessities are not only "cruel" but "miserable". We should "flee" rule if we can. But if we can not, we must be effectual, not pious.
Conversation feat (ckwise from top left @henry @naomiii @kugusha.eth @tldr @chandresh.eth)
But he says below that certain political necessities are not only "cruel" but "miserable". We should "flee" rule if we can. But if we can not, we must be effectual, not pious.
Conversation feat (ckwise from top left @henry @naomiii @kugusha.eth @tldr @chandresh.eth)
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Great Books #9 โ Sun, 11/12, 2pmET
Machiavelli's "The Prince"
"Machiavelli is one of the greatest moral philosophers."
โ Nietzsche, Will to Power (304)
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Register and access reading PDF:
https://lu.ma/6f6ahlin
Great Books #9 โ Sun, 11/12, 2pmET
Machiavelli's "The Prince"
"Machiavelli is one of the greatest moral philosophers."
โ Nietzsche, Will to Power (304)
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Register and access reading PDF:
https://lu.ma/6f6ahlin
We are sometimes permitted to speak what is beautiful over what is true.
This may be what Platoโs Socrates was getting at in his (in)famous passage from Book III of the Republic about the importance of telling a โnoble lieโ to all members of a city (ie, rulers and citizens).
This may be what Platoโs Socrates was getting at in his (in)famous passage from Book III of the Republic about the importance of telling a โnoble lieโ to all members of a city (ie, rulers and citizens).