"Leo Strauss declared himself inclined toward the traditional view that Machiavelli was self-consciously a "teacher of evil," since he counsels the princes to avoid the values of justice, mercy, temperance, wisdom, and love of their people in preference to the use of cruelty, violence, fear, and deception....
...Machiavelli took a more classical position, seeing ambition, spiritedness, and the pursuit of glory as good and natural things, and part of the virtue and prudence that good princes should have." - Wikipedia
"Lets cheerfully aim for the pinnacle of glory" --Daisaku Ikeda
“Buddhism is not about correct or incorrect. Buddhism means win or lose.” — SGI Sokahon chief Deepanshu Mehta on SGI's win at any cost philosophy
If one searches the writings of Nichiren Daishonin, there are almost 500 passages with “correct” [> 450] and “incorrect” [~20]. There are less than 25 pertaining to “win or lose”, “victory or defeat”.
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