List major works that are vastly misinterpreted. 1. Machiavelli's

>>2426690
You should have included the entire works of Nietzsche in your post.

>>2426807
Yes I would agree with you to a point... Nietzsche seems... sometimes a bit sophistic. But his aphorisms are incredible. Probably my favorite part about Beyond Good and Evil.

>>2426690

Please tell me you're not going for one of those "The Prince was a satire" lines. Because if you want to claim it's satirical, you're going to have to come up with a reason why so many of its analyses, such as the effects of arming the populace has on internal stability are the same as the Discourses on Livy, which is most definitely not satirical.

>>2426690

The Bible.

>>2426956
I do think the Prince was somewhat satirical. Sure it was a treatise sent to Lorenzo Di Medici, but the whole air of the document exuded something not quite genuine. There was a reason that it circled around academic circles when it was published.

However, no. That is not my main contention with it. I never say that. The problem my friend, is that people frequently use Machiavellian to describe something evil done to someone to gain power, but gaining loyalty and admiration from your peers based on appeasing them was also what Machiavelli said. Evil was just one of the four main 'route's to power.