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Reading 'The Divine Comedy'...

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idNut

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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.
 
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.
 
Originally posted by: Howard
Machiavelli (sp)?
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nope...Dante Alighieri. Read it last year in my Humanities class. Hated every minute of that darn class.
 
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.
 
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.
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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. 🙂
 
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.
 
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