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Average rating3.5
This is a so-so book. It has some good ideas and discusses issues in politics clearly and step-by-step with plenty of contemporary examples. One thing I found is how relevant many of his ideas are today such as the army being mainly defensive force and how civilization ought to think of peace and leisure which has really only come to fruition in the last decades.
The parts I didn't like are just rather boring technical discussions such as the last couple chapters talking about musical education in children which is tangentially related to the topic. Furthermore it's hard to agree with his stances on abortion, marriage, slavery and Greek supremacy.