Machiavelli's 2nd instruction
Second instruction to maintain power and preserve order: The prince must know how to enter into evil and to what extent evil actions are required given the circumstances at hand.
- The even-tempered Tyrion ultimately concedes that Daenerys will at times "need to be ruthless if [she's] going to win the throne."
- He also calls attention to the results of abusing cruelty.
30
125 reads
![Game of Throne's Daenerys is Machiavelli's Perfect Princ[ess] - PopMatters](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd3t70bohx4vuj7.cloudfront.net%2FMyXfhdMUgCc5Eb3Cl2rl2KWIeO7l5HuRB-WR8iHPzDY%2Fresize%3Afill%3A600%3A0%2Fgravity%3Asm%2Fquality%3A90%2FaHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudW5zcGxhc2guY29tL3Bob3RvLTE0ODkyNzQyMjE3MjMtMmZiZDU1NGI3NTIyP2Nyb3A9ZW50cm9weSZjcz10aW55c3JnYiZmaXQ9bWF4JmZtPWpwZyZpeGlkPU1ud3hNRGN4TVRWOE1Id3hmSE5sWVhKamFId3hmSHhIWVcxbEpUSXdiMllsTWpCVWFISnZibVVsTWpkekpUSXdSR0ZsYm1WeWVYTWxNakJwY3lVeU1FMWhZMmhwWVhabGJHeHBKVEkzY3lVeU1GQmxjbVpsWTNRbE1qQlFjbWx1WXlVMVFtVnpjeVUxUkNVeU1DMGxNakJRYjNCTllYUjBaWEp6ZkdWdWZEQjhmSHg4TVRZMk9EWTROakkyTmcmaXhsaWI9cmItNC4wLjMmcT04MCZ3PTQwMA&w=3840&q=75)
Similar ideas to Machiavelli's 2nd instruction
Machiavelli's 3rd instruction
Third instruction to maintain power and preserve order: When can a ruler enter into evil - "if necessary" and when all other options fail.
- Pointing to his sister as a negative example, Tyrion suggests that an overreliance on fear presupposes an overuse of cruelty.
- Once a rul...
Machiavelli's First instruction
First instruction to maintain power and preserve order: The prince does not have free range to conduct evil, but must strive for goodness as the primary measure of actions.
Daenerys gives conquered soldiers a choice: "Bend the knee and join me. Together, we will leave the world a...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates