
Interview: Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli's Mandragola | The New Thinkery Ep. 76
The New Thinkery
00:00
The Power of the Public
In order to execute the law, you need police, tat, forceand that's that points you in the direction of illegality. So respectableityt is, doesn't stand on its own, but neither does criminality. And so then, but eeit, it has to be deceived. Teceeven you can't be perfectly open about everything that you' do, because you are,. Then you're admitting the necessity for respectability and hiding things that we do that we're somewhat ashamed of. That's very good. I encouraged every i was actually just reading your, the opening chapter from your, his book on executive power. Itis very fascinating, and really opened my
Transcript
Play full episode