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Machiavellian Aspirations
Lumpy Giraffes
Posts: 18
3/25/2014
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I started my criminal career as a thief, then a master thief, and now I'm looking to move on. So what do you guys think is the most Machiavellian Profession?
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Pnakotic
Posts: 266
3/26/2014
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It might be a semantic difference between the vernacular and historical qualities of Machiavelli, but I'd be cautious of overemphasizing the emphasis on Shadowy deeds in relation to him. Consider rather the virtues of Watchfulness, and of laying Plans-within-Plans. Machiavelli's ideal Prince might have been Ruthless, but he needn't be Heartless as well, and he understood when to be Subtle and when to be Forceful... and the value, at times, of being Magnanimous. For there is often value in appearing Respectable, for all that it is always safest to be Dreaded (and the two are hardly mutually exclusive, if you catch my meaning).
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J. Ward Dunn, Glassman
Book of All Hours 9:99: Journey's end in lover's meeting. Progress is ascendancy.
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dismallyOriented
Posts: 215
3/31/2014
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Pyrodinium wrote:
Playersideblog wrote:
So far, yeah; the Monster Hunter tree seems to be the most straightforward. Whether the Laocoonian is anything more than "kaiju-killer" (as has been theorized) remains to be seen. (Perhaps the Laocoonian aspires to hunt serpents...)
I just read a bit about Laocoön. it seems that he wants to defy the Greek gods (especially Athena no less!) no matter what they throw at him. If I may dare to speculate, does that mean that we will try to defy and hunt the Neathy gods? That would be awesome.
Dear god (ha), that would be the awesomest profession ever. Would that mean they'd try to take down the Masters too? They're hardly gods, but this seems like the kind of profession that would make them nervous.
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