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A Close Reading of Machiavelli's Prince Ch. 15 | The New Thinkery Ep. 3

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The Prince's Revision of Human Nature

"Stop sacrificing your own good and start getting, well, he's good for you," Obama says. "He also wants with just a view to political expediency and an efficacy" The idea is that these are what are commonly accepted, but they're not truly good, the author adds.

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