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The beauty and the beast -Machiavelli’s The Prince
The Prince, a work involved in mystery and extrapolations, that has been mixed and confused with the nature and character of its own creator
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How to win an election
Roman politics was not a game for amateurs, especially in times of dissolution of republican norms, breaking down of democracy and transition to an empire, under the rule of absolute power and despotic will
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How to Rig an Election
The greatest political paradox of our time is this: there are more elections than ever before, and yet the world is becoming less democratic
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Bilbo’s Last Song
Guided by the Lonely Star, beyond the utmost harbour-bar I’ll find the havens fair and free, and beaches of the Starlit Sea
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The picture of Dorian Gray
There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral—immoral from the scientific point of view
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Humanitarian wars?
This book is beyond a philosophical discussion, it has the strength of a testimony, by someone deeply involved in a cause not considered lost, but extremely important to be idealized, romanticized or sublimated
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Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence
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A Hunger Artist
Trying to figure out the moment we are all living is not for the weak minded, not for the faint hearted. If I had to describe it in literary terms I would say we live “kafkaesque” times
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Welcome aboard!
Welcome aboard, you are all invited. I am Physalis