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To: Yogi - Paul who wrote (7343)	11/11/1999 6:27:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9256

Yogi, are you telling us reading "The Prince" will make us better investors? Would it, then, keep us away from the DD sector? Gottfried :)

To: Yogi - Paul who wrote (7343)	11/12/1999 6:27:00 AM
From: appro	Respond to of 9256

Yogi, Thanks for reminding us of some good reading to comfort us in these trying times; however it seems to me Machiavelli died in poverty with only his religion to comfort him after repeatedly ending up with the short end of the stick. Well, if nothing else, ya gotta have faith. Go with the flow and may the force be with you. ; ) >Reduced to poverty, Machiavelli sought refuge in the little property near Florence that he had inherited from his father. There he employed his leisure in writing, between spring and autumn 1513, his two most famous works, Il principe (The Prince) and a large part of the Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio ("Discourses on the First Ten Books of Livy"). Machiavelli's affections always lay with the republic, and all of his theories were intended for its betterment; but the corruption of the times, the weakness of the states of Italy, and the threat of foreign conquest made him long for that "new prince" who might give reality to his great dream... ...Machiavelli went with the army to join Francesco Guicciardini, the Pope's lieutenant, with whom he remained almost continuously until the sack of Rome by the Emperor's forces brought the war to an end in May 1527. Florence having regained its freedom by casting off the Medici, Machiavelli on his return hoped to be restored to his old post in the chancery; but the little favours that the Medici had so meagrely doled out to him caused the supporters of the free republic to forget the love that he had always had for his native city and for freedom. It was the last of his disappointments and the greatest. Machiavelli fell ill and died, with the comforts of religion, within a month.<< From: britannica.com

To: Yogi - Paul who wrote (7343)	11/13/1999 9:54:00 AM
From: Stitch	Respond to of 9256

Yogi; <<Machiavelli analogizes Fortune to a river, a contemplative force that directs its path through weakness "where she knows that dikes and embankments are not constructed to hold her" >> Not too surprising that. Machiavelli and Da Vinci were collaborators in a little recalled scheme regarding the diversion of a river. For a really fascinating read check out amazon.com We could discuss Machiavelli all day long I suspect, but he was so little understood for so long that it is the remediation of his life and work in a historical and philosophical context that I find fascinating. This has only occurred within the last 2-3 decades as I recall and a vaguely also recall that it had something to do with a book by a SMU business school professor. My memory faculties may be flagging on this score. Anyway, thanks for the discourse on Il Principe. Best, Stitch