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The famously cynical political scientist [[Niccolo Macchiavelli]] once said that the best way to fight is with weapons that we know and understand, and not with weapons that others use, however efficacious they might appear. Macchiavelli credits the "lesson" of David and Goliath with giving him this insight.

The famously cynical political scientist [[Niccolo Macchiavelli]] once said that the best way to fight is with weapons that we know and understand, and not with weapons that others use, however efficacious they might appear. Macchiavelli credits the "lesson" of David and Goliath with giving him this insight.

Today, "Goliath" is a common name for a very large machine or other artifact--and "David against Goliath" is a proverbial description for a contest in which one opponent finds himself extremely outmatched but might win anyway--especially if the "outmatched" contestant does win.

Today, "Goliath" is a common name for a very large machine or other artifact--and "David against Goliath" is a proverbial description for a contest in which one opponent finds himself extremely outmatched but might win anyway--especially if the "outmatched" contestant does win. However the German [[Goliath tank]] of [[World War II]] was a tiny, unmanned remote-controlled vehicle.

Goliath has been celebrated as an "action hero" in [[Italy|Italian]] [[motion picture|cinema]], and in this regard continues to illustrate the Biblical statement that certain giant-sized men, called [[Nephilim]], were "the heroes of old, men of renown."<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath Goliath] by [[Wikipedia]]</ref>

Goliath has been celebrated as an "action hero" in [[Italy|Italian]] [[motion picture|cinema]], and in this regard continues to illustrate the Biblical statement that certain giant-sized men, called [[Nephilim]], were "the heroes of old, men of renown."<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath Goliath] by [[Wikipedia]]</ref>