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poetry

Adam Zagajewski, “Moths”

Posted on November 13, 2020 by ashok / 1 Comment

Moths, gathering. Watching us, separated by a glass barrier. Attracted to the light. There’s not a lot of things political philosophy can do, but it should spea...

music/philosophy/politics

Leo Strauss, “Thoughts on Machiavelli”

Posted on November 30, 2015 by ashok

for Laura Jensen I Daughter’s If You Leave refuses to let go. Over and over it indulges pains the mere thought of loss could provoke. Some might think thi...

politics

A Quick Note on Machiavelli’s Discourses, I.7 and I.8

Posted on September 1, 2010 by ashok / 1 Comment

It is rare that reading classical history or philosophy overlaps with anything we’re going through today. In fact, I want to eliminate many of the entries...

philosophy/politics

An Introduction to Machiavelli’s “The Prince,” Part 1

Posted on July 7, 2009 by ashok / 12 Comments

Note: References below are to Harvey Mansfield’s translation of The Prince,  Second Edition, University of Chicago Press. I am a student of Leo Paul de Al...

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"I hold there is no sin but ignorance" - Machiavelli, in Marlowe's The Jew of Malta
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