March 22

Dante - Paradiso

Keep reading one Canto aloud each day.

Machiavelli – The Prince

I-XVII 

1. What would you die for?

2. According to Machiavelli, to understand women, one has to be a man. Explain.

3. What would Machiavelli say about the Iraq war?

4. What would Machiavelli say about: the media? George Bush? Hilary Clinton? Plato?

5. Enumerate Machiavelli’s list of rules for success as a prince.

6. Where would Dante place Machiavelli in the Divine Comedy? Where would he place the ideal Machiavellian prince?

7. What would Boethius say to Machiavelli about this work?

8. Is it possible to be good and be a good prince?