Machiavelli in Context

(24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Taught by William R. Cook
State University of New York at Geneseo
Ph.D., Cornell University

Mentioning the name Niccolт 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

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