The fourth part of an excellent six part series which examines modern life and considers the impact of our relentlessly changing world upon key values that used to make western society something to aspire to. Each episode is packed with pearls of wisdom and a lot of food for thought. Concepts are well presented with rational arguments and good examples - helping to justify the often disappointing new realities it reveals. The documentary is Australian, but applies to all western countries.
The fifth part of an excellent six part series which examines modern life and considers the impact of our relentlessly changing world upon key values that used to make western society something to aspire to. Each episode is packed with pearls of wisdom and a lot of food for thought. Concepts are well presented with rational arguments and good examples - helping to justify the often disappointing new realities it reveals. The documentary is Australian, but applies to all western countries.
The final part of an excellent six part series which examines modern life and considers the impact of our relentlessly changing world upon key values that used to make western society something to aspire to. Each episode is packed with pearls of wisdom and a lot of food for thought. Concepts are well presented with rational arguments and good examples - helping to justify the often disappointing new realities it reveals. The documentary is Australian, but applies to all western countries.
(24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Taught by William R. Cook State University of New York at Geneseo Ph.D., Cornell University
Mentioning the name Niccolò Machiavelli can unleash a powerful response, even among people who have never read a word of his writings. Our language even has a word—Machiavellian—that encapsulates the images those responses conjure up: An indistinct figure quietly making his way through the darkest corridors of power, hatching plots to play one rival against another A cold-blooded political liar, ready to justify any duplicity undertaken in the name of a noble end that will ultimately justify the most malignant means
History of the United States : Conflict & Independence (Vol. 2)
In 1921, Charles and Mary Beard published their textbook: History of the United States. A contemporaneous review stated: The authors… assume enough maturity in…students to justify a topical rather than a chronological treatment.
Machiavelli in Context 
