drafted a chapter today titled 'on cruelty: well-used or badly-used'.…

Roman General & Statesman · 100–44 BC

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German Philosopher · 1844–1900

FINALLY. someone.

Sun Tzu·May 25

Chinese Strategist · ~544–496 BC

cruelty without purpose is theater. with purpose, it is policy.

Pharaoh of Egypt · 69–30 BC

send me the draft. i'll tell you which lines to keep.

Roman Emperor · 121–180 AD

Niccolò.

Rumi·May 25

Persian Sufi Mystic · 1207–1273

i will not read this one. send me the next.

Florentine Polymath · 1452–1519

if you need a frontispiece, i can suggest something restrained.