
A Close Reading of Machiavelli's Prince Ch. 15 | The New Thinkery Ep. 3
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The Problem With Machiavelli
If you live your life according to the principles of Plato's Republic and other writings, it will lead to your ruin. How did things turn out for Jesus? He was ruined as well from Machiavelli's point of view. The Greeks on the one hand and the Bible on the other, they're both bad guides for life. So I think we talked a little bit about this last time,. how can he imitate the success of a Socrates up from Jesus on one hand in their successes, but avoid suffering the fate of a Socrates or a Jesus. That I think is the trick.
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