The first and second books of Plato’s republic[0] touches on a similar idea; who gets the better of life: The just or the unjust man? It’s a dialogue between S

The first and second books of Plato’s republic[0] touches on a similar idea; who gets the better of life: The just or the unjust man? It’s a dialogue between Socrates and a few others (in turn). Really neat read and relevant to the conversation. The article also mentions machiavelli’s The Prince[1], which is a shorter read and more tactical. [0] http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.2.i.html http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.2.i.html [1] https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-h/1232-h.htm https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-h/1232-h.htm