Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Machiavelli Etc

(Niccolo Machiavelli.)

For Love And Glory, IV, p. 28.

Hebo speaks of historical figures unknown to Lissa, including:

Machiavelli (scroll down)
Hiroshige
Buxtehude

I usually expect the last figure in such a list, in this case "Buxtehude," to be in our future and thus not to be found by googling but this time I was mistaken. We always learn by reading Poul Anderson.

A while back, I discussed the plot and themes of For Love And Glory. Currently, this late novel by Poul Anderson is proving to be a fertile source for short miscellaneous posts.

Until tomorrow.
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3 comments:

  1. Sean M. Brooks27 June 2019 at 02:21

    Kaor, Paul!

    Machiavelli's two primary works: THE PRINCE and THE DISCOURSES covers most of the range of his political thought. THE PRINCE is about what a statesman often has to do in a hard and dangerous world. THE DISCOURSES should be understood as Machiavelli's thoughts on the kind of state he thought might be most workable in this wicked world.

    I too thought "Buxtehude" (which certainly LOOKS like a futuristic name) might have been fiction! But, no, he was a real world Danish/German musician and composer.

    Sean

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  2. Nicholas D. Rosen30 June 2019 at 23:39

    Kaor, Paul and Sean!

    I have a couple of CDs of Buxtehude’s music.

    Best Regards,
    Nicholas

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  3. Sean M. Brooks1 July 2019 at 00:59

    Kaor, Nicholas!

    And did you like Buxtehude's music?

    Regards! Sean

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