machiavellian musings

Apr 01, 2007 21:17

Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince, kindly lent to me by deadspeaker, is amusing the heck out of me.

"There are three different kinds of brains, the one understands things unassisted, the other understands things when shown by others, the third understands neither alone nor with the explanations of others. The first kind is most excellent, the second also ( Read more... )

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I think I'm missing two brains... starchild42 April 2 2007, 01:29:48 UTC
But ouch, Machiavelli. And I thought Vonnegut was giving me a headache. *has no literary ability*
I hope your prof wasn't too mad about the cynical attitude you were treating his/her lectures, though some profs do seem to have very strange opinions about the material they teach.

*walks away giggling* Severus the greasy Roman emperor.

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