tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post7782015661147932369..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: The Puzzlement of Reading HistoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-14309403708125624262009-09-04T06:11:48.536-04:002009-09-04T06:11:48.536-04:00Since my days in History of Christianity at Lund U...Since my days in History of Christianity at Lund University in the early 1990ies, I regard the History of Art as the far superior discipline in quality and insights.Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-8535897389526057382009-09-03T23:04:22.973-04:002009-09-03T23:04:22.973-04:00Doug, I can't tell you that, because that'...Doug, I can't tell you that, because that's the only work of Machiavelli that I have read. I did a wonderful university-sponsored study tour on the Medici family and Florentine history of the period some years ago. We were assigned <i>The Prince</i>, <i>The Decameron</i>, and Dante's <i>Inferno</i> to read before the tour, which although I did the reading, was much more of a tour than study for me, because I didn't do the course for credit. Still, in spite of that, I managed to learn quite a lot.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-91906979853102256302009-09-03T20:06:47.739-04:002009-09-03T20:06:47.739-04:00I'm going to sit down and read The Prince myse...I'm going to sit down and read The Prince myself. I've never read it all the way through. I'm preparing for a course on Florence in the spring. I'm wondering how distinct it will be from Machiavelli's other political writings.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-49964475389737408832009-09-03T18:06:05.252-04:002009-09-03T18:06:05.252-04:00I remember reading Hannah Arendt's glowing pra...<i>I remember reading Hannah Arendt's glowing praise of Niccolo Machiavelli as a pioneering political philosopher.</i><br /><br />Dick Cheney liked him, too.<br /><br /><i>I'm becoming more and more convinced that The Prince is satire.</i><br /><br />That's an interesting thought. I think I agree, but I'd need to reread <i>The Prince</i> to be sure.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com