A lecture on Machiavelli’s the Prince and the Discourses on Livy.
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Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-lecture-on-machiavellis-domestic-policy
Companion interviews:
- You Need More Danger In Your Life | Machiavelli Explained: https://youtu.be/W5EeZ4i73IM
- This is How I Fell in Love with Machiavelli | Q&A: https://youtu.be/zXUvEN-LI_M
- Power Will Cost You Everything, It’s Worth It: https://youtu.be/zPKMDxVBZ8A
- The Forgotten 11th Commandment | Princeton’s Maurizio Viroli on Machiavelli's God: https://youtu.be/cE6gz40RRV8
- Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs | Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli: https://youtu.be/l21HUb4uunM
These were the secondary texts I referenced and found most insightful (affiliate links)
- Mansfield, Machiavelli’s Virtue: https://amzn.to/44twNVb
- Mansfield, Machiavelli’s Effectual Truth: https://amzn.to/4phinje
- Viroli, Machiavelli’s God: https://amzn.to/49FZAtf
- McCormick, Machiavellian Democracy: https://amzn.to/43QiNVq
