Part of it, as you have said, is it’s repetitive. And it’s so dark sometimes.
Good news, because it’s all public domain, I was able to quickly put in the title of three of his chapters in book 1 and the opening paragraph as introductions to “The Way of Strength” one of the villains of my game uses. He has notes scribbled in that absolutely should make players who read it just cringe and go, yup - that’s the bad guy!
I’m still going through the discourses.
Part of it, as you have said, is it’s repetitive. And it’s so dark sometimes.
Good news, because it’s all public domain, I was able to quickly put in the title of three of his chapters in book 1 and the opening paragraph as introductions to “The Way of Strength” one of the villains of my game uses. He has notes scribbled in that absolutely should make players who read it just cringe and go, yup - that’s the bad guy!
It is dark, Machiavelli has such a bleak view of man.