The Stakes: Thoughts on Machiavelli
The American Mind
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I Wa Fay Is Frivolo. Frivolity.
Frivolity can make us oblivious of higher duties, says strauss. Strass puts it in one of his most quoted and most famous sentences. Only in the surface of things is the heart of things ind that sentence appears in thoughts on machiavelle. So marchiavillius is counting on a certain type of reader, but then he's counting on another type of reader as well.
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