Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs | Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli
Johnathan Bi
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An interview with Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli’s philosophical importance
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Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/harvard...
Companion lectures and interviews:
Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality Explained: Masters vs. Slaves | Nietzsche's Genealogy...
Reference Text:
Harvey Mansfield, Machiavelli's Effectual Truth https://amzn.to/4oImTb0 (affiliate)
Harvey Mansfield, Machiavelli's New Modes and Orders: A Study of the Discourses on Livy https://amzn.to/4luj7iA (affiliate)
Harvey Mansfield, Machiavelli's Virtue https://amzn.to/4lscehq (affiliate)
Timestamps:
00:00 0. Introduction
01:45 1. Machiavelli's Chief Enemy: Christianity
13:12 2. Machiavelli's First Enemy: the Classical Tradition
24:24 3. Necessity Over Goodness
57:48 4. Machiavelli's Virtue
1:06:29 5. Machiavelli's Political Revolution
1:17:47 6. The Possibility of Withdrawal
1:24:03 7. Machiavelli's Effectual Truth
1:33:43 8. The Father of Modern Science
1:40:57 9. Machiavelli and Tocqueville
1:45:00 10. Progressivism
1:51:56 11. Is Mansfield a Machiavellian?
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Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs | Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli
Johnathan Bi
707,313 views
An interview with Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli’s philosophical importance
Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com
Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/harvard...
Companion lectures and interviews:
Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality Explained: Masters vs. Slaves | Nietzsche's Genealogy...
Reference Text:
Harvey Mansfield, Machiavelli's Effectual Truth https://amzn.to/4oImTb0 (affiliate)
Harvey Mansfield, Machiavelli's New Modes and Orders: A Study of the Discourses on Livy https://amzn.to/4luj7iA (affiliate)
Harvey Mansfield, Machiavelli's Virtue https://amzn.to/4lscehq (affiliate)
Timestamps:
00:00 0. Introduction
01:45 1. Machiavelli's Chief Enemy: Christianity
13:12 2. Machiavelli's First Enemy: the Classical Tradition
24:24 3. Necessity Over Goodness
57:48 4. Machiavelli's Virtue
1:06:29 5. Machiavelli's Political Revolution
1:17:47 6. The Possibility of Withdrawal
1:24:03 7. Machiavelli's Effectual Truth
1:33:43 8. The Father of Modern Science
1:40:57 9. Machiavelli and Tocqueville
1:45:00 10. Progressivism
1:51:56 11. Is Mansfield a Machiavellian?
Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/harvard-professors-masterclass-on-machiavelli
Companion lectures and interviews:
* Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality Explained: https://youtu.be/M0w2eQ-FcEA
Reference Text (affiliate):
* Harvey Mansfield, Machiavelli's Effectual Truth (https://amzn.to/4oImTb0)
* Harvey Mansfield, Machiavelli's New Modes and Orders: A Study of the Discourses on Livy (https://amzn.to/4luj7iA)
* Harvey Mansfield, Machiavelli's Virtue (https://amzn.to/4lscehq)
Timestamps:
00:00 0. Introduction
01:45 1. Machiavelli's Chief Enemy: Christianity
13:12 2. Machiavelli's First Enemy: the Classical Tradition
24:24 3. Necessity Over Goodness
57:48 4. Machiavelli's Virtue
1:06:29 5. Machiavelli's Political Revolution
1:17:47 6. The Possibility of Withdrawal
1:24:03 7. Machiavelli's Effectual Truth
1:33:43 8. The Father of Modern Science
1:40:57 9. Machiavelli and Tocqueville
1:45:00 10. Progressivism
1:51:56 11. Is Mansfield a Machiavellian?