Post #214

https://gab.com/WhiteManOnTheWeb/posts/105257483118206493 There are many books I recommend that should be read and digested in their entirety; but none do I recommend moreso than Machiavelli's Discourses, which, truthfully, presents the most distilled, cogent and meaningful political words one can hope to find. Every conceivable topic is addressed, in the most appealing and forthright prose; and every thing is presented with a historical example and an example from Machiavelli's own time. This book, I believe, forms the basis of my own political thinking, and much of my appreciation of history. Do take notes of Machiavelli's ruminations, for, in creating this work, Machiavelli himself took notes of men who wrote before him. I recommend, also, that one read the histories of Hannibal, Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, so that one will grasp many of the references Machiavelli makes. #gab#oc