Philosophy: The Classics

Machiavelli - The Prince

May 24, 2007 · 13 min · 8.3 MB
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Is this just a handbook for psychopaths, or a satirical attack on his contemporaries, or did Machiavelli have a moral message? In this reading from his book Philosophy: The Classics, Nigel Warburton explains the central themes from Machiavelli's great work The Prince and explores different interpretations of the book.