#42 Alexander Lee | Understanding Machiavelli Through The Eyes Of His Biographer

Alexander Lee is a biographer of Niccolo Machiavelli with the recently published title – ‘The Life & Times of Niccolo Machiavelli.

Alexander is a specialist in the cultural and political history of the Renaissance in Italy making him the perfect person to document the life, influence, legacy and more of this amazing political thinker.

- How Machiavelli would have responded to Covid-19.
- Why Machiavelli was much more of a ‘lad’ than you would have thought.
- How we should interpret the Prince.
- Vagabdoning and Travel in the late middle ages + much, much more.

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00:00 – Introduction
04:48 – Why Add To The 1000’s Of Existing Biographies?
08:52 – The Context Of The Late 15th Century
17:07 – Me Completely Screwing Up The Timeline Of The Prince
22:24 – The Correct Understanding Of The Prince
35:47 – How Much Is Machiavelli’s Legacy Misrepresented?
44:02 – Machiavelli Fiction + Some Of His Sexual Exploits (Not For The Faint Hearted)
50:12 – How Did Machiavelli’s Erudition Inform His Writing?
53:05 – Is There A Comparison To Be Made Between Nietzsche’s Ubermensch & The Prince?
1:03:03 – Travel & Vagabonding During The Middle Ages
1:14:08 – Where Do You See Machiavellianism Today?
1:21:47 – Who Is A Real Life Figure That Best Embodies Machiavelli?
1:25:27 – If You Could Witness A Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
1:26:51 – Why Machiavelli? & What Are You Doing Now?
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