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Subject: Re: Machiavelli - evil genius or just a guy wanting to get his work done?

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Bob
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Date Posted: 09:47:29 04/08/02 Mon
In reply to: Sister Inez 's message, "Machiavelli - evil genius or just a guy wanting to get his work done?" on 15:06:31 04/07/02 Sun

>I've read parts of "The Prince" by Machiavelli, and
>the man sure knew the hows and whys of being an evil
>genius.
>
>But, consider where he was at the time. Did
>medieval/Renaissance Italy require Machiavelli's
>tactics (he is thought to have used Cesare Borgia as a
>model) or was it just a love of evil (like mine).

Well, if you must know, Machiavelli wrote The Prince as a satire of the current state of Italian Politics. He had hoped that by presenting such an outlandish portrayal he would seek to correct the flaws in his society.

As is generally true, society saw did not grasp the breath of the sarcasm and the narrow minded branded him as the original "chaos advocate" by those that are all to often to provide justice where it need not apply.

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Re: Machiavelli - evil genius or just a guy wanting to get his work done? fred 18:34:45 10/23/02 Wed

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>>I've read parts of "The Prince" by Machiavelli, and >>the man sure knew the hows and whys of being an evil >>genius. >> >>But, consider where he was at the time. Did >>medieval/Renaissance Italy require Machiavelli's >>tactics (he is thought to have used Cesare Borgia as a >>model) or was it just a love of evil (like mine). > >Well, if you must know, Machiavelli wrote The Prince >as a satire of the current state of Italian Politics. >He had hoped that by presenting such an outlandish >portrayal he would seek to correct the flaws in his >society. > >As is generally true, society saw did not grasp the >breath of the sarcasm and the narrow minded branded >him as the original "chaos advocate" by those that are >all to often to provide justice where it need not >apply.

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Re: Machiavelli - evil genius or just a guy wanting to get his work done?	fred	18:34:45 10/23/02 Wed