
Been looking for a quote, a specific quote. Thumbing through the same sections of "The Prince" over and over again and wondering why it wasn’t there. Then it dawned on me, it’s not in "The Prince" it’s in Machiavelli’s "Art of War". Fuck.
Sod it, maybe I really should start quoting "Starship Troopers".
And why do I have "Montesquieu – confederation" randomly written at the bottom of this page of notes?
Edit:
Fate, he mocketh me in all his antagonistic, long-haired, saru-owning glory. It’s not as if it’s my fault that War Gods and Monkey Kings fight over him, while Dragon Kings are reduced to single syllables.
I wanted another quote, something from a nice translation of Aristotle too. Unfortunately the quote I want comes from "Politics" and not the "Nicomachean Ethics" which I have.
I don’t know if that’s better or worse than the Machiavelli because my copy of his "Art of War" is in storage. At least I don’t in fact own a copy of Aristotle’s "Politics", I suppose...
Additional edit:
Can’t spell 'politics' any more, keep trying to write 'polis' instead.