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What's the 30 second elevator pitch on why I should know about Machiavelli? (Classical literature ignoramus here)
by martyvis 6y ago
What's the 30 second elevator pitch on why I should know about Machiavelli? (Classical literature ignoramus here)
- AAmarkov 6y agoYou should know about Machiavelli so you can understand how misunderstood he is in pop-culture.
- Rendello 6y agoAbout 22x longer than your elevator pitch but this is a fun video about how Machiavelli was a brilliant and misunderstood researcher... and cosplayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRIxkLhMpa0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRIxkLhMpa0
- adamjb 6y agoHe is so important in western thought that his name became an adjective. (Though one can quite easily argue that the meaning of the adjective does not really line up with his thinking)