Machiavelli (was Re: What is that gesture called?)

[Stephen Goranson]

Niccolo Machiavelli published his Arte della guera in his own lifetime, in
Florence, in 1521. I quoted from the Ellis Farnewoth translation.

Stephen Goranson
Quoting "James A. Landau" <JJJRLandau at AOL.COM>:


> While I have your attention (if I still do), an aside to Stephen Goranson:
> Machiavelli's most famous work (he was also a playwright) was "Il Principe",
> a
> title best translated into English as "The Ruler".  "The Art of War" was by
> Clausewitz (actually compiled by his widow after his death.)