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    Machiavelli: Philosophy in an Hour

    Written by Paul Strathern

    Narrated by Jonathan Keeble

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    Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Machiavelli in just one hour.

    Niccolò Machiavelli’s work remains misunderstood – synonymous with wicked scheming and underhand politics – nearly 350 years after his death. His philosophy of statecraft was scientific and highly rational, leaving sentiment, and ultimately morality, to one side. His advice is as relevant to modern politics as it was during the Renaissance – and reflects many profound and disturbing truths about the human condition.

    This audiobook is an expert account of Machiavelli’s life and philosophical ideas – entertainingly written and above all easy listening. Also included are selections from Machiavelli’s work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Machiavelli in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateAug 29, 2013
    ISBN9780007530434
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    Machiavelli: Philosophy in an Hour
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    Paul Strathern

    Paul Strathern is a Somerset Maugham Award-winning novelist, and his nonfiction works include The Venetians, Death in Florence, The Medici, Mendeleyev's Dream, The Florentines, Empire, and The Borgias, all available from Pegasus Books. He lives in England.

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    • 3/5
      I expected much, guess I would have been more disappointed reading the real book myself.

      Thanks for saving me the stress
    • 5/5
      It is amazing how much historical and biographical information the author could pack into this little audio booklet. I remember in a Christian doctrine class at a Catholic high school many years ago, we were told the writings of Mr Machiavelli were very evil and we should never read them. I can see now why they would say that. The aphorism of Machiavelli the author gives us to sum up “The Prince” is “do unto others that they would do unto you, but do it first and do it decisively”. This then explains the formula of your Hitlers, Stalin and Saddam Hussein. In a dog-eat-dog world, that’s how it goes. Wind the clock forward to 2021, and we can see we are living in a better world, and we have come a long way since those times in the 15th century at the start of what historians call the Renaissance, or “rebirth” (of civilization) These days, in a liberal democracy, it could be argued that Machiavellian cynicism (under the guise of believed realism) gives rise to illiberal ideologies such as Black Lives Matter, and so on and so forth . . .