5 TIPS: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 

What's it about?

@@PhilosophyToons A satirical comedy by Niccolò Machiavelli, is a cunning scheme employed by Callimaco to seduce the virtuous Lucrezia. He dupes her gullible husband, Nicia, into believing a magical potion (made from a mandrake root) will cure their infertility. However, the concoction has a twist: the first man to sleep with Lucrezia after taking it will die. This elaborate lie allows Callimaco to pose as a necessary sacrifice, ultimately bedding Lucrezia. The deception and manipulation of characters, particularly the cuckolding of Nicia, could be seen as undermining traditional values of marriage and fidelity. Additionally, the play's bawdy humor and its potentially irreligious portrayal of characters like the conniving priest Fra Timoteo might have ruffled feathers during its time.

A satirical comedy by Niccolò Machiavelli, is a cunning scheme employed by Callimaco to seduce the virtuous Lucrezia. He dupes her gullible husband, Nicia, into believing a magical potion (made from a mandrake root) will cure their infertility. However, the concoction has a twist: the first man to sleep with Lucrezia after taking it will die. This elaborate lie allows Callimaco to pose as a necessary sacrifice, ultimately bedding Lucrezia. In it a foolish old jurist, Messer Nicia, allows himself to be cuckolded by a young man, Callimaco, in order to produce a son he cannot beget himself. His wife, Lucrezia, is persuaded to comply-despite her virtue-by a crooked priest, and the conspiracy is facilitated by a procurer. Since at the end of the play everyone gets what he wants, the lesson is that immoral actions such as adultery can bring happiness-out of evil can come good.

@@PhilosophyToons A satirical comedy by Niccolò Machiavelli, is a cunning scheme employed by Callimaco to seduce the virtuous Lucrezia. He dupes her gullible husband, Nicia, into believing a magical potion (made from a mandrake root) will cure their infertility. However, the concoction has a twist: the first man to sleep with Lucrezia after taking it will die. This elaborate lie allows Callimaco to pose as a necessary sacrifice, ultimately bedding Lucrezia. In it a foolish old jurist, Messer Nicia, allows himself to be cuckolded by a young man, Callimaco, in order to produce a son he cannot beget himself. His wife, Lucrezia, is persuaded to comply-despite her virtue-by a crooked priest, and the conspiracy is facilitated by a procurer. Since at the end of the play everyone gets what he wants, the lesson is that immoral actions such as adultery can bring happiness-out of evil can come good.

Which do you prefer, The Art of War or The Prince?

@@PhilosophyToons I preferred The art of war, the reason is that I found it more entertaining and with more potential in application - even if its hard to remember all the details after you read a book But the Prince is excellent as well for as I said it gives insight to how our modern state works and is - and does describe at least one aspect of human nature - of most humans in my opinion - but its only an opinion.

Don't take over my beloved Hackett publishing!

@@PhilosophyToons don't worry I'll take over just in my country

Im no longer an advocate for most publishers i was back in college, but Hackett has a special place in my heart ​@PhilosophyToons .

@@PhilPhysics It's my dream to have a set of every hackett philosophy book

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