Only out of an abundance of chaos will there be a persistent and ingenious search for peace and order. That is why I like the ten commandments. They are "chaos" avoidance tools when applied universally and constitute the first social contract outside of the state of nature where Hobbes said in reference to the nature state that , " Life is nasty, brutish and short..." where the ego of one man may be bent on resisting the ego of another if such men's lives are bent on the trappings and trimmings of earthly success and the yardsticks we use comparatively to see if we are ahead in this earthly success or not. Machiavelli had clear understanding of this and he wrote of a time in which the emergence from a chaos of sorts into something more magnanimous was his pursuit and his work is befitting of that time. The ten commandments, in terms of common sense, have no specific cultural input or deviation and can run on the tablet of most any heart as android software runs on most any tablet device or devices. It is universal. The Pharaoh who tried to take Abraham's wife knows. Read Proverbs 2 as well. It is not that we need to aspire to his Machiavellian experience because the social contract is always evolving but never with steps backward in magnanimity but to that new magnanimous order in our world. Everyday, we can see the blessing of his book on any book store shelf with its clear nuanced relevance to many a situation. But, this is also true of the bible and the "Seven Habits of Highly Successful People". Machiavelli was the Steven R. Covey of his age, day and environment and wrote precisely to achieve relevance to the issues occasioned in the same. Machiavelli did not have universal health care such as the NHS or fire hydrants nor did he have a 911 service. But, who really sets the standards for this measuring and comparative gauging of earthly success? Who is the judge in the end? Read Mark 4 and Psalms 50. Its not as if Napoleon Hill did not tell you.
The Movie of the week is the Fourth Dimension: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31WEBwFpULg&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1. You have a choice as to your sides.
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