Reading 'The Divine Comedy'...

[idNut]

Did you ever read this? I think it's very powerful and interesting. His descriptions of Hell is sprouting attrition in me. I think I like this more than Paradise Lost.

 

[Howard]

Machiavelli (sp)?

 

[AreaCode707]

Haven't read Paradise Lost yet. Should, it's alluded to in everything I've been reading this quarter. What's with the Milton obsession? I like Dante though, it's good stuff.

 

[idNut]

Originally posted by: Howard
Machiavelli (sp)?

Never read anything of his but I know Tupac liked him a lot.

 

Originally posted by: Howard
Machiavelli (sp)?

nope...Dante Alighieri. Read it last year in my Humanities class. Hated every minute of that darn class.

 

[yoda291]

I read paradise lost and the divine comedy( in italian...so proud of me) I personally liked paradise lost a tad better but it was a bit headachy and long winded in comparison. Machiavelli wrote the Prince. I highly recommend that book, if for no other reason than to get a better perspective of the era. I also recommend Sun-Tzu Art of War since the two works seem to have become synonymous with each other.

 

[idNut]

Originally posted by: yoda291
I read paradise lost and the divine comedy( in italian...so proud of me) I personally liked paradise lost a tad better but it was a bit headachy and long winded in comparison. Machiavelli wrote the Prince. I highly recommend that book, if for no other reason than to get a better perspective of the era. I also recommend Sun-Tzu Art of War since the two works seem to have become synonymous with each other.

Wow. In Italian? Very impressive. That must have made it even better I imagine.

I've heard of Sun Tzu since he's been quoted in multiple movies including Wall Street. (Great film)

I guess I'm gonna have to pick up The Prince and Art of War.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I read the middle book (Purgatorio) in college -- interesting book. I really should read the other two one of these days.

BTW for people interested in sun-tzu, James Clavell (Shogun, Tai-pan, Noble House etc.) did a good translation. I can't vouch for its accuracy though, except to say his fiction books show a fairly deep understanding of asian cultures for a Westerner.

 

[Moonbeam]

Speaking of hell, what in hell does 'sprouting attrition in me' mean.