The Prince, by Machiavelli

Machiavelli. His writing was solely influenced by his direct experiences with Florentine,Italy politics and history

the main value/theme is the importance of one to understand the world in a "realistic vs. the way the world should be" perspective

too much generosity- will lead to destruction of well being of self- spend all money simply to be recognized as "generous"

trying to get across the importance of finding the "middle ground" or "equal balance" between two polar different ways of living.

• 1. laws>> belongs to humans
• 2. forceful>> belongs to beasts

In order to be the "winner" of the fight, you MUST use a perfect balance between both of these ways of fighting. If you only use one or the other, you with ultimately fail