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"When I consider how much honor is attributed to antiquity, and how many times, not to mention many other examples, a fragment of an antique statue has been bought at a great price in order to have it near to one, honoring his house, being able to have it imitated by those who delight in those arts, and how they then strive with all industry to present them in all their work: and when I see, on the other hand, the works of greatest virtu which Historians indicate have been accomplished by ancient Kingdoms and Republics, by Kings, Captains, Citizens, Lawgivers, and others who have worked themselves hard for their country, to be more readily admired than imitated, or rather so much neglected by everyone in every respect that no sign of that ancient virtu remains, I cannot otherwise than wonder and at the same time be sad: and so much more when I see in the civil differences that arise between Citizens, or in the maladies which men incur, they always have recourses to those judgments or to those remedies that have been judged or instituted by the ancients."

Public Domain (P)2023 Majestic Audiobooks Ancient Greek & Roman History Philosophy Royalty
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Machiavelli is a perplexing blend of brutality and decency. Some knowledge of acient history is probably a help when listening to this book. Good performande.

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Machiavelli discusses themes that inform all of his works here if you can navigate the bizarre narrator. Given the period of the piece, it is natural that the term "virtue" appears frequently throughout. for reasons passing understanding, Kim pronounces this "Ver to," despite pronouncing the plural "ver choose." It is difficult to see this as anything but a pretentious affectation, and it distracted me from the text quite a bit. various other affectations of a similar bent had me wondering if the narration was AI.

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