The Prince

Xtl's favorite book in prison. It is said that Napoleon carried one with him when he attacked Britain. King Charles V and VI of England also put one in their sleeves when they went out. It is also one of the top ten masterpieces in Europe. Why don't you read such an awesome book?

It's an honor to read the same book as Napoleon and see the annotations

A good book, teach me how to govern a country, but please give me a country

The religious power and the imperial power were fighting overtly and fiercely, and nation-state consciousness was on the rise. Getting rid of the control of the Pope and establishing a strong and unified nation-state is the trend of the times and the aspirations of the people. As a Renaissance book, the author Machiavelli's "humanistic" ideas in the book are in line with other works of the Renaissance. The book proposes not only to get rid of the bondage of theology, but also to make political research independent of ethics and morality. It is an extremely dazzling work.

In terms of content, the reason why this book is called a banned book, but the important reason why it has been mixed with praise and praise over the centuries is the object of his writing, that is, this book is dedicated to the king, not to the general public. It contains his lifelong political experience and historical lessons, assisting the king on how to be an excellent ruler, and inevitably mentions many methods, the evil of human nature, and the idea that people are stupid people. Therefore, these contents are used as pillow books for kings. Of course, it is interesting for us modern people to read them and bring them into today's environment.

I read The Prince and the Treatise of Government at the same time, but doesn't Locke deserve to have a name? [Laughing and crying]

I don't know much about politics. I'm going to learn a little bit in order to write an OC story. I hope I can use what I learned to write a more reasonable OC story🙏 (My family members can recommend other popular political-related books or religion-related books to me, which are very needed, or history-related books. Although I feel that this book is quite concise and clear, it's still a bit difficult to read because I don't have enough historical knowledge.)

Very unique political insights, thank you Tomato for allowing me to save money on buying books. I hope there will be some reading of Machiavelli's On Livy and the Art of War

The Italian Machiavelli had a logical thinking ability that ordinary people did not have. He got rid of the shackles of ethics and theology that were dominant in Europe at that time. Starting from the experience of history and life practice, he conducted logical reasoning and conducted a profound analysis of the relationship between the country, the monarch, and the people. It was layered and organized. Every important argument had sufficient evidence, rigorous reasoning, and rigorous argumentation. It is also one of Machiavelli's main ideas that a prince should delegate matters that cause criticism to others and leave matters of kindness to himself.

This book is indeed quite good, but for people like me who don't know much about ancient European history, reading this book is like reading from heaven, so I don't recommend it to people like me.

Was the first and second volumes written by the same person? It feels like a big difference.

I have read The Prince once before, and when I saw this book I almost suspected that I had missed dozens of chapters [laughing and crying]

Very good! Machiavelli is indeed the "Father of Western Politics".

A wise book

What can I say, the title is really attractive

The first half is human nature, the second half is social nature

I really like books that resonate with me

All the wisdom of the world shines in his hands.