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 @thechandresh.eth)

Software Programmer, Artist | Focus on intersection between humans and technology | Obsessed with @gnosispay

f1, plants, colours, open spaces; contributing @idriss + /ethmumbai

building /bracket | hosting /greatbooks + /gray | ex-BCG, ex-PHD | poli + phil + econ

maxxing on /morpho 🦋 | pursuing a higher self w /higher-athletics | consistently curious

Writer | Book lover | Hobby Classical Guitarist | Marketing /subsquid | /classical music nerd and /postcards lady

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)

Books

🎤 This week @kugusha.eth @henry @billzh and @jpetrich will join the usual Great Books crew.

Use the link to join the stream, or come by unlonely.app/channels/tldr

Head of Engineering at Courtyard.io, bringing physical collectibles onchain. nf.td/joe /courtyard /backend

crypto social on Solana @tribedotrun | @aburra $FARTS https://x.com/thebillzh

📚We read great books and discuss them with friends. 📆 Sundays 2pmET at unlonely.app/tldr. Learn more: paragraph.xyz/@tldr/intro-gbs

📚 
Great Books #9 – Sun, 11/12, 2pmET 
Machiavelli's "The Prince"

"Machiavelli is one of the greatest moral philosophers." 
– Nietzsche, Will to Power (304)

📆 
Register and access reading PDF:

📚 
Great Books #9 – Sun, 11/12, 2pmET 
Machiavelli's "The Prince"

"Machiavelli is one of the greatest moral philosophers." 
– Nietzsche, Will to Power (304)

📆 
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 Plato’s Socrates was getting at in his (in)famous passage from Book III of the Republic about the importance of telling a “noble lie” to all members of a city (ie, rulers and citizens).

Great Books Club

@greatbooks