machiavellians notes
machiavellians notes
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chapter 1 to 4. the "formal" vs "real" meanings of political treatise
formal arguments are made using utopian abstractions eg peace and unified global governance. religious aims. the highest good
these obscure the real meaning of the treatise about the practical question of who should weild power
the real meaning is often conveyed even with the author's self deception