Friday, April 16, 2010

Neither Cato
Nor Plato
Could convince
The Prince
To join NATO.

3 comments:

  1. It is possible that Cato and Plato were influencing a modern prince to join NATO through their recorded words as opposed to direct influence. Therefore this is not necessarily anachronistic.

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  2. ah but you see, there are no princes remotely eligible to join NATO.

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  3. also, of course The Prince is a contemporary of Machiavelli's and therefore had decidedly not read Plato.

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