wedrifid comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 11 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 23 March 2012 05:30:40PM 11 points [-]

"...Upon this, one has to remark that men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge."

--Machiavelli

Comment author: wedrifid 23 March 2012 05:42:10PM 0 points [-]

Exactly the philosophy I had in mind! Is this also present in rationality quotes somewhere? It certainly should be.

Comment author: gwern 23 March 2012 05:48:19PM 0 points [-]

I don't see it anywhere.