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The Stakes: Thoughts on Machiavelli

The American Mind

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Aoson Machiavelle - A New Bible by Strauss

Aoson of machiavelli is a masterpiece, says strauss. It's like strauss has madeMachiavelli a new bible in the same way that Machiavelli made livy a new bible. All the tasks of biblical interpretation and of submission to biblical authority are reproduced and at play in aoson machiavelle. So much comes to light about what it means to have this balance of gravity and levity. What it means to consider the common good, the public interest, and the alternatives to that. And all questions obviously of great relevance for us to day to try to defend national independence and independence of thought and inquiry in a way that is consistent

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