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Lifestyle => Train of Thought => Topic started by: Tha Psycho Hustla on December 26, 2007, 07:26:22 AM

Title: Niccoló Machiavelli
Post by: Tha Psycho Hustla on December 26, 2007, 07:26:22 AM

what you think about machiavelli?i mean read hes quotes, i think hes a genius.many people say he had moral in his books and his political philosophy was way to unhuman and greedy but..i dont know.what you think about him?
http://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli#Niccol.C3.B2_Machiavelli_.281469-1527.29
here are his quotes.

Title: Re: Niccoló Machiavelli
Post by: Machiavelli on December 26, 2007, 05:57:41 PM

I'm a genius...

lol but yeah dude was crazy and smart at the same time

Title: Re: Niccoló Machiavelli
Post by: Tha Psycho Hustla on December 27, 2007, 04:58:27 AM

why crazy?

Title: Re: Niccoló Machiavelli
Post by: Elevz on December 27, 2007, 09:58:06 AM

Only a fool would call him crazy. Machiavelli, as opposed to Sun Tzu, actually does provide useful views. Inhuman and greedy? Those are rational virtues. Don't blame a rational man for someone else's lack of rationality.

Title: Re: Niccoló Machiavelli
Post by: swangin and bangin on December 27, 2007, 10:32:05 AM

i tried to read the book

"the art of war"

i dont think im smart enough yet to read it, cause i didnt understand shit

Title: Re: Niccoló Machiavelli
Post by: 187_gangsta_crip on January 01, 2008, 06:35:46 AM

hes Makaveli Tha Don lol

Title: Re: Niccoló Machiavelli
Post by: Tha Psycho Hustla on January 01, 2008, 06:32:23 PM

^^ best comment in the (philosophical) thread ever