{"product_id":"on-religion-niccolo-machiavelli-9781482336184","title":"On Religion","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"THOSE princes and those republics which desire to remain free from corruption, should above all else maintain incorrupt the ceremonies of their religion. They should always hold them in veneration; for there can be no surer indication of the decline of a country than to see divine worship neglected.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNiccolo Machiavelli\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJUST WHAT\u003c\/b\u003e should a young man or woman know in order to be\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Know\"?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Is there, in other words, some inside information, some special taboo, some real lowdown on life and existence that most parents and teachers either don't know or won't tell? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Japan it was once customary to give young people about to be married a \"\u003cb\u003ePillow Book\u003c\/b\u003e.\" This was a small volume of wood-block prints, often colored, showing all the details of sexual intercourse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It wasn't just that, as the Chinese say, \"\u003ci\u003eone picture is worth ten thousand words.\u003c\/i\u003e\" It was also that it spared parents the embarrassment of explaining these intimate matters face-to-face. Today, you can get such information at any newsstand. Sex is no longer a serious taboo. Teenagers sometimes know more about it than adults. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But if sex is no longer the big taboo, what is? For there is always something taboo, something repressed, un-admitted, or just glimpsed quickly out of the corner of one's eye because a direct look is too unsettling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In some circles there is a strong taboo on \u003cb\u003eReligion\u003c\/b\u003e, even in circles where people go to church or read the Bible. Here, religion is one's own private business. It is bad form or uncool to talk or argue about it, and very bad indeed to make a big show of piety. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yet when you get in on the inside of almost any standard-brand religion, you wonder what on earth the hush was about. In \"\u003cb\u003eOn Religion\u003c\/b\u003e no less than Niccol  Machiavelli, the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/b\u003e himself, who takes you by the hand and gives you some real lowdown on what religion is all about. It is kind of all you wanted to know about Religion but was afraid to ask\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Niccolo Machiavelli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1482336189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781482336184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.09d","brand":"Niccolo Machiavelli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46685660446975,"sku":"9781482336184","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f938f6d-b716-4468-b786-13af6abe7d6b.jpg?v=1741726381","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-religion-niccolo-machiavelli-9781482336184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}