March 23

Dante - Paradiso

Keep reading one Canto aloud each day.

Machiavelli – The Prince

Finish the work

1. Question du Jour: 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 media? George Bush? Hilary Clinton? Plato?

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

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

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

7. According to Machiavelli, a prince should be double minded. How so?

8. To be Machiavellian is to be: _____?

9. According to Machiavelli, where did Jesus go wrong?

10. If power is the end, where is its locus?