07-18-2017, 09:28 AM
One less obscure work is perhaps The Prince (Il principe) by Machiavelli.
It's a work of political philospohy. Discussing the political power and qualities of a ruler it answers for example this question: As a ruler is it better to be loved or to be feared?
"The answer is that one would like to be both the one and the other; but because it is difficult to combine them, it is far safer to be feared than loved if you cannot be both."
It's a work of political philospohy. Discussing the political power and qualities of a ruler it answers for example this question: As a ruler is it better to be loved or to be feared?
"The answer is that one would like to be both the one and the other; but because it is difficult to combine them, it is far safer to be feared than loved if you cannot be both."
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