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Machiavelli, Shakespeare, and the Rape of Lucrece: Research Notes 5: Yves Winter

Machiavelli and the Rape of Lucretia, by Yves Winter Source: Abstract: ... Unlike his Roman and Renaissance sources, Machiavelli downplays the rape and suicide,

Machiavelli, Shakespeare, and the Rape of Lucrece: Research Notes 3; Comedy & Tragedy of Machiavelli

Essays on the Literary Works, edited by Vickie B. Sullivan Introduction Some scholars see Machiavelli as having a tragic view of life where fortune has the final

Machiavelli, Shakespeare, and the Rape of Lucrece: Research Notes 2; M. Clarke, Machiavelli's Mandragola

Michelle Clarke, "Curing Virtue: Epicureanism and Erotic Fantasy in Machiavelli's Mandragola" Michelle Clarke's paper: Like Ovid, Machiavelli embraces

Machiavelli writes about Agathocles

Niccolò di Bernardo dei writes about Agathocles: "However, his terrible cruelty and inhumanity do not allow him to be glorified as one of the most outstanding

Machiavelli writes about Agathocles

Niccolò di Bernardo dei writes about Agathocles: "However, his terrible cruelty and inhumanity do not allow him to be glorified as one of the most outstanding

I'd Rather be Loved | WE [142]

This is my entry to @galenkp’s Weekend Engagement #142. Would you rather be loved or feared? The question echoed the famous passage in Niccolo Machiavelli’s Chapter

Machiavelli writes about Agathocles

Niccolò di Bernardo dei writes about Agathocles: "However, his terrible cruelty and inhumanity do not allow him to be glorified as one of the most outstanding

#Index4Index - If One Could Change...

In the 25th chapter of The Prince, Machiavelli considers how much fortune influences human affairs and whether or not it can be resisted. He concludes that for the

Machiavelli is not so Machiavellian [ENG-ESP] Maquiavelo no es tan Maquiavélico

Photo by @filoriologo I have recently reread "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli, and before telling you a little about my interpretation of the text,

JustOneThing - Reducing Uncertainty To Binary Options To Improve Your Power Of Prediction

As an undergraduate reading Politics and English (and Related) Literature, one of the writers who made the biggest impact on me was Machiavelli. One thing that struck

JustOneThing: How To Manage Change & Fortune (Be like Nick, not like Tom)

Daily Prompt: "Change" In the first stanza of one of my favourite English poems, the poet (Thomas Wyatt) laments a change in his fortune. There was a time,

Military Wit and Wisdom Quotes: Quotes About Combat and War from the Military

“Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.” Niccolò Machiavelli America's existence was secured through combat, not once, but twice, in the

Out With The Daily Stoic, In With The Daily Laws

Just about every morning for the last five years I have read the daily meditation in The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. I blogged about a couple

Ted Hughes: Life itself is what terrifies living things...

One of the books I'm reading as part of my background reading for a paper I'm planning to write about Machiavelli and Shakespeare's treatment of the Rape of Lucrece

The Languishing Legacy of the Medici

I am trying to write a post everyday in August. Rather than report step counts, I decided to fill in an outline of political history. My goal is to show that the

Pandemics, politics and corruption.

A friend of mine told me she had been ‘unfriended’ by a long time friend who called her a troll. I wrote back: "She works for the schools. She has known you

A Quick Quote to Live By..

"A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities of their bow and aim a

Walking on Pins and Needles

(The pin cushion above is older than most of the readers on HIVE. It's had a hard life.) I admit. I always feel like I am walking on pins and needles when I post

Social isolation as a favourable trait in political puppets

There are testimonies that both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama (Barry Soetoro) are gay. Cathy O´Brien (Clinton), Larry Sinclair and Mia Marie Pope (Soetoro), then

Politics 0111

Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised #Machiavelli