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Ep347 - Quentin Skinner | Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction
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Nakiya's Silence
In these days and in these matters, men judge more by their eyes than by their hands. Everyone can see what you appear to be, no one much has direct experience of how you really are. With regard to all actions, but especially those of rulers, men pay attention to the outcome. If a ruler contrives, therefore, to conquer and preserve his state, he will always be judged honourable and be praised by everyone. But remember the Christian objection, the final and most important one is, there's a day of judgement, you've got it all wrong. So what does Nakiya very say about that? Nothing. And that silence at the time would have been the
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