Podcasts about machiavelli

Econtalk Podcast Notes Key Takeaways According to René Girard, there are two types of desire: physical and metaphysical Physical desire is a desire for physical utility – that is, what the object can provide us in and of itselfMetaphysical desire is a desire for identity – that is, what the objects say about usGirard believes that humans desire persistence (wanting our names to last), power, and social reality (recognition, fame, and to be lauded by the social groups we're in)Girard believes we fulfill these fundamental desires by making associations with objects by choosing models whom we already think have this heightened beingGirard thinks our fundamental desires – our moral paradigms – are anchored to these models and their associated objects and valuesGirard argues that the strength of your desire can't indicate its authenticity and whether it's truly yours or not Girard sees metaphysical desire as the original sin; it is the drive to rival God and his metaphysical splendor Johnathan believes there are two solutions to metaphysical desires: Identify that the metaphysical desire is completely perverse and not seek itAlign your physical and metaphysical desiresThere is also a negative component to mimesis: the desire to be distant from objects associated with having a deficiency of beingOur sense of being is fundamentally shaped and determined by the cultures we're in and the models we're exposed to Machiavelli saw people as fundamentally egocentric, and that social participation was not the end, but the instrumental means to satisfy appetite and self-preservationWe come to view our social aspect as a way to serve our appetite; we've become reduced to these utility-maximizing creatures without consideration of spirit at all Once our core human ends are satisfied, most economic decision-making comes from the social dimension that is difficult to model with mathematics Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgWhen the 20-year-old overachiever Johnathan Bi's first startup crashed and burned, he headed to a Zen retreat in the Catskills to "debug himself." He discovered René Girard and his mimetic theory--the idea that imitation is a key and often unconscious driver of human behavior. Listen as entrepreneur and philosopher Bi shares with EconTalk host Russ Roberts what he learned from Girard and Girard's insights into how we meet our primal need for money, fame, and power. The conversation includes the contrasts between economics and Girard's perspective.

Nikos Kazantzakis and Machiavelli's “The Prince” is the topic of a lecture in Brisbane organised by Greek clubs. Listen more in Leonidas Naoumis's report from Queensland. - Ο Νίκος Καζαντζάκης και "Ο πρίγκιπας" του Μακιαβέλι είναι το θέμα διάλεξης που διοργανώνουν οργανισμοί της ελληνικής παροικίας της Βρισβάνης. Περισσότερα ακούστε στην ανταπόκριση του Λεωνίδα Ναούμη.

Justice Dept. Is Said to Investigate Ticketmaster's Parent Company https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/technology/live-nation-ticketmaster-investigation-taylor-swift.html How disappointed Taylor Swift fans explain Ticketmaster's monopoly https://www.vox.com/culture/2022/11/21/23471763/taylor-swift-ticketmaster-monopoly Copy of what's believed to be Hunter Biden's laptop data turned over by repair shop to FBI showed no tampering, analysis says https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-laptop-data-analysis/ Amanda Griffiths joins today's show! You know her as a long time member of the live group, but here's her professional bio: Amanda is a PhD student concentrating on political theory and international relations, with an emphasis on Machiavelli's political thought. She received her M.A. from the University of Chicago and previously worked as the editorial director at the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives. With a background in the entertainment industry, academia, and the think tank circuit, she enjoys diving into questions and perspectives across disciplines and ideologies. Amanda's reporting focuses on foreign policy; the future of liberalism; mass opinion; and the relationship between the individual, the market, and the state (with a special interest in decentralized finance). https://www.young-voices.com/advocate/amanda-griffiths/ https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Machiavelli and nuclear bombs! Those are just two of the many topics we cover on this episode of Unlimited Opinions! We break down who Machiavelli was, the political history of Renaissance Florence, and his The Prince and Discourses on Livy. We discuss whether one can be a truly moral politician, the nature of political families, whether one should caress or crush a population, and much more! We also look at how Machiavelli influenced the Boy Scouts!  Follow us on Twitter! @UlmtdOpinions

November 2022 Book Club:  This month, we're catching up with the 9th Doctor, Rose, and Jack, as we review the Titan Comics graphic novel “Weapons of Past Destruction" written by Cavan Scott, first published in April 2015 and collected in hardcover in March 2016.  This comic mini-series features art by Blair Shedd and Rachael Stott.  It is available digitally and may also still be available in some comic shops or online retailers.  Happy reading!  Special thanks to Jerome Gerard for performing the dramatic reading this month.  You can check out some of his music here, including the single “Machiavelli,” released October 28th. Please help other Doctor Who fans find our show - by leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts or your podcatcher of choice. Submit your comments via email… “who knows,” we may end up reading your feedback on the podcast!   Facebook: http://facebook.com/allnewdoctorwhobookclub  Twitter: @ANDWBCPodcast Email: ANDWBCPodcast@gmail.com 

Stacey Vanek Smith is the author of "Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace." Her problem is this: How do women get ahead in a workplace that is stacked against them? Stacey is my old co-host from Planet Money. Today, she brings us strategies from the 16th-century writer for how to thrive in an unjust world. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience. If you'd like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to subscribe to our email list. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 113:This week we're continuing Russia in Revolution An Empire in Crisis 1890 - 1928 by S. A. Smith[Part 1]Introduction[Part 2-5]1. Roots of Revolution, 1880s–1905[Part 6-8]2. From Reform to War, 1906-1917[Part 9-12]3. From February to October 1917[Part 13 - 17]4. Civil War and Bolshevik Power[Part 18 - 22]5. War Communism[Part 23]6. The New Economic Policy: Politics and the EconomyNew Economic Policy and AgricultureNew Economic Policy and IndustryNew Economic Policy and Labour[Part 25 - This Week]6. The New Economic Policy: Politics and the EconomyThe Inner Party Struggle - 0:30The Party State - 25:46Instituting Law - 40:20[Part 26?]6. The New Economic Policy: Politics and the Economy[Part 27 - 30?]7. The New Economic Policy: Society and Culture[Part 31?]ConclusionFigure 6.1 - 4:33Soviet leaders in 1919. From left, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, Mikhail Kalinin.[see on www.abnormalmapping.com/leftist-reading-rss/2022/2/15/leftist-reading-russia-in-revolution-part-25]Footnotes:54) 1:33V. P. Vilkova (ed.), VKP(b): vnutripartiinaia bor'ba v dvadtsatye gody: dokumenty i materialy, 1923g. (Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2004).55) 2:05.56) 2:53Gimpel'son, Formirovanie, 177.57) 5:38Moshe Lewin, Lenin's Last Struggle (London: Faber, 1969).58) 11:05For an interesting interpretation of the inner-party conflict that sees it as rooted in an underlying difference between ‘revivalist' and ‘technicist' types of Bolshevism, see Priestland, Stalinism, ch. 2.59) 12:06Richard B. Day, Leon Trotsky and the Politics of Economic Isolation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973).60) 13:07Stephen F. Cohen, Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution: A Political Biography, 1888–1938 (New York: Knopf, 1973).61) 14:31David R. Stone, Hammer and Rifle: The Militarization of the Soviet Union 1926–1933 (Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2000).62) 15:24G. L. Olekh, Krovnye uzy: RKP(b) i ChK/GPU v pervoi polovine 1920-x godov: mekhanizm vzaimootnoshenii (Novosibirsk: NGAVT 1999), 92–3.63) 18:08Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928 (London: Penguin, 2015), 432.64) 18:31Harris, ‘Stalin as General Secretary, in Davies and Harris (eds), Stalin: A New History, 63–82 (69).65) 20:!2Excellent biographies of Stalin include Robert Service, Stalin: A Biography (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2004); Oleg V. Khlevniuk, Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015).66) 22:14I. V. Stalin, ‘The October Revolution and the Tactics of the Russian Communists', .67) 23:27James Harris, ‘Stalin and Stalinism', The Oxford Handbook of Modern Russian History, Oxford Handbooks Online,1–21 (6).68) 24:18Alfred J. Rieber, ‘Stalin as Georgian: The Formative Years', in Davies and Harris (eds), Stalin: A New History, 18–44.69) 24:34E. A. Rees, Political Thought from Machiavelli to Stalin (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2004), 222.70) 25:17 ‘Stalin i krizis proletarskoi diktatury', .71) 27:09R. W. Davies, The Industrialization of Soviet Russia, vol. 3: The Soviet Economy in Turmoil (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 1929), xxiii.72) 27:55Heinzen says 70,000 were employed in the Commissariat of Agriculture by the end of the decade. Heinzen, Inventing, 2.73) 29:13Michael Voslenskii, Nomenklatura: The Soviet Ruling Class (New York: Doubleday, 1984); Harris, ‘Stalin as General Secretary', 69.74) 31:15Shkaratan, Problemy, 272.75) 32:00Golos Naroda, 199.76) 32:50Graeme Gill, Origins of the Stalinist Political System (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), 118.77) 34:28Sheila Fitzpatrick, Education and Social Mobility in the Soviet Union, 1921–1934 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979).78) 38:31E. A. Wood, The Baba and the Comrade: Gender and Politics in Revolutionary Russia (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997).79) 39:10Wendy Z. Goldman, Women, the State and Revolution: Soviet Family Policy and Social Life, 1917–1936 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), 111.80) 39:35Olekh, Krovnye uzy, 90.81) 40:09Golos naroda, 152.82) 41:19Nikita Petrov, ‘Les Transformations du personnel des organes de sécurité soviétiques, 1922–1953', Cahiers du monde russe, 22:2 (2001), 375–96 (376).83) 41:47S. A. Krasil'nikov, Na izlomakh sotsial'noi struktury: marginaly v poslerevoliutsionnom rossiiskom obshchestve (1917—konets 1930-kh godov) (Novosibirsk: NGU, 1998), table 4.84) 42:33V. K. Vinogradov, ‘Ob osobennostiakh informatsionnykh materialov OGPU kak istochnik po istorii sovetskogo obshchestva', in ‘Sovershenno sekretno': Liubianka- Stalinu o polozhenii v strane (1922–1934), vol. 1, part 1: 1922–23 (Moscow: RAN, 2001), 31–7685) 43:42Roger Pethybridge, One Step Backwards, Two Steps Forward: Soviet Society and Politics in the New Economic Policy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990).86) 44:44Solomon, Soviet Criminal Justice.87) 45:38Neil B. Weissman, ‘Local Power in the 1920s: Police and Administrative Reform', in Theodore Taranovski (ed.), Reform in Modern Russian History (Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center and Cambridge University Press, 1995), 265–89.88) 45:59Neil Weissman, ‘Policing the NEP Countryside', in Sheila Fitzpatrick, A. Rabinowitch, and R. Stites (eds), Russia in the Era of NEP (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991), 174–91 (177); R. S. Mulukaev and N. N. Kartashov, Militsiia Rossii (1917–1993gg.) (Orël: Oka, 1995), 43.89) 46:48Joan Neuberger, Hooliganism: Crime, Culture and Power in St Petersburg, 1900–1914 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993).90) 47:09Tracy McDonald, Face to the Village: The Riazan Countryside under Soviet Rule, 1921–1930 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011), 90.91) 47:41David A. Newman, ‘Criminal Strategies and Institutional Concerns in the Soviet Legal System: An Analysis of Criminal Appeals in Moscow Province, 1921–28', Ph.D. dissertation, UCLA (2013), 183.

Associate Professor Ada Palmer has multiple careers as a University of Chicago professor, an accomplished historian, and a science fiction author. In this episode, she discusses how she sees history horizontally with one question at a time, the importance of looking at historical figures as human beings and why self-care has been crucial to her success. She even shares the history of calculus and Machiavelli's laundry.

You may know the term “Machiavellian,” but where does the word really come from? Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat who worked firsthand with Italy's most powerful politicians. He wrote his famous book, The Prince, as a sort of instruction manual for the Medici princes of Florence. And while Machiavelli's ideas were shocking to many—and repugnant to some—the influence of his ideas has been profound. James Hankins is a professor at Harvard University where he teaches History, focusing particularly on Renaissance intellectual history and political thought. He is the author of Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/italian-studies

You may know the term “Machiavellian,” but where does the word really come from? Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat who worked firsthand with Italy's most powerful politicians. He wrote his famous book, The Prince, as a sort of instruction manual for the Medici princes of Florence. And while Machiavelli's ideas were shocking to many—and repugnant to some—the influence of his ideas has been profound. James Hankins is a professor at Harvard University where he teaches History, focusing particularly on Renaissance intellectual history and political thought. He is the author of Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

You may know the term “Machiavellian,” but where does the word really come from? Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat who worked firsthand with Italy's most powerful politicians. He wrote his famous book, The Prince, as a sort of instruction manual for the Medici princes of Florence. And while Machiavelli's ideas were shocking to many—and repugnant to some—the influence of his ideas has been profound. James Hankins is a professor at Harvard University where he teaches History, focusing particularly on Renaissance intellectual history and political thought. He is the author of Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may know the term “Machiavellian,” but where does the word really come from? Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat who worked firsthand with Italy's most powerful politicians. He wrote his famous book, The Prince, as a sort of instruction manual for the Medici princes of Florence. And while Machiavelli's ideas were shocking to many—and repugnant to some—the influence of his ideas has been profound. James Hankins is a professor at Harvard University where he teaches History, focusing particularly on Renaissance intellectual history and political thought. He is the author of Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

You may know the term “Machiavellian,” but where does the word really come from? Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat who worked firsthand with Italy's most powerful politicians. He wrote his famous book, The Prince, as a sort of instruction manual for the Medici princes of Florence. And while Machiavelli's ideas were shocking to many—and repugnant to some—the influence of his ideas has been profound. James Hankins is a professor at Harvard University where he teaches History, focusing particularly on Renaissance intellectual history and political thought. He is the author of Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

You may know the term “Machiavellian,” but where does the word really come from? Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat who worked firsthand with Italy's most powerful politicians. He wrote his famous book, The Prince, as a sort of instruction manual for the Medici princes of Florence. And while Machiavelli's ideas were shocking to many—and repugnant to some—the influence of his ideas has been profound. James Hankins is a professor at Harvard University where he teaches History, focusing particularly on Renaissance intellectual history and political thought. He is the author of Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Treachery has many faces, and some of them are unreconcilable. 

Brasilien hat gewählt. Einen neuen Präsidenten gibt es aber, entgegen aller Hoffnungen, noch nicht. Am Ende war die Wahl zwischen dem Amtierenden Jair Bolsonaro und seinem Herausforderer Lula Da Silva knapper, als erwartet. Es liegen viele Hoffnungen auf Lula, nicht nur weil Bolsonaro das Land die letzten vier Jahre mit seiner katastrophalen, militanten, rechtsradikalen Politik ins Chaos gestürzt hatte, sondern auch, weil sich die Musikszene und insbesondere der HipHop geschlossen hinter Lula stellte. Beide Kandidaten hatten ihren eigenen Song zum Wahlkampf. Nur war es bei Lula eine Hymne und bei Bolsonaro eine 13-minütige Abrechnung. Brasilianischer Rap nimmt eh kein Blatt vor den Mund, wenn es darum geht, mit den Problemen des Landes abzurechnen. Ganz vorne mit dabei ist der große Rap-Star des Landes: Emicida. Der Sao Paulaner verschaffte sich zu Beginn seiner Karriere Respekt im Battlerap. An den Straßenecken der Megametropole battlete er seine Gegner lyrisch in Grund und Boden. Heute hat er einen neuen Gegner: Die Politik, die Mächtigen, die Ungerechtigkeit in Brasilien. Emicida steht damit in einer langen Tradition von Protest-Musik in Brasilien. Schon in den 60er und 70er Jahren lehnte sich "Tropicalia" auf gegen die Militärdiktatur und leistete einen entscheidenden Beitrag zur Revolution. Ob es die in kleinem Maße zumindest nun auch wieder gibt, zeigt sich in vier Wochen. Da gehen Lula und Bolsonaro erneut in die Stichwahl. Muito obrigado für die Mitarbeit an dieser Folge an: Johannes Wolff, Elena Scheerer, Lukasz Tomaszewski Die Shownotes zur Sendung: www.wdr.de/k/machiavelli Von Jan Bruno Kawelke.

Before he published the Prince, Machiavelli published the seducer. Before he published a masterpiece of political philosophy, he published a comedy. The Mandragola (The Mandrake) tells the story of Callimaco, a handsome young man and seducer of women. He hears about the Florentine beauty Lucrezia and begins a conspiracy to seduce her. The problem is, she's married. She's married to a wealthy old man who can't get her pregnant and they need a son to maintain their political position. Callimaco shows up, disguised as a doctor, and convinces her husband to give her a mandrake potion to increase her fertility. The problem is, Callimaco tells the old man, the first man who sleeps with her after she takes the potion will die. They decide to find an unwitting dupe to have sex with her. Callimaco, in different disguise, becomes the dupe, much to his delight. And Lucrezia's. She at first was hesitant, but she relented and, convinced it was divine providence, takes Callimaco as her lover indefinitely. Everything turns out well. The old man gets his male heir and Callimaco gets Lucrezia. Show notes here

Before he published the Prince, Machiavelli published the seducer. Before he published a masterpiece of political philosophy, he published a comedy.The Mandragola (The Mandrake) tells the story of Callimaco, a handsome young man and seducer of women. He hears about the Florentine beauty Lucrezia and begins a conspiracy to seduce her. The problem is, she's married. She's married to a wealthy old man who can't get her pregnant and they need a son to maintain their political position.Callimaco shows up, disguised as a doctor, and convinces her husband to give her a mandrake potion to increase her fertility. The problem is, Callimaco tells the old man, the first man who sleeps with her after she takes the potion will die. They decide to find an unwitting dupe to have sex with her. Callimaco, in different disguise, becomes the dupe, much to his delight. And Lucrezia's. She at first was hesitant, but she relented and, convinced it was divine providence, takes Callimaco as her lover indefinitely.Everything turns out well. The old man get his male heir and Callimaco gets Lucrezia.Show notes here

On this extra special episode, the boys welcome Medieval scholar, serial founder, and all around big brain Josh Rosenthal to discuss the parallels between the Network Age and the Renaissance (as well as what lessons we can learn from the technological revolutions of the past). This was a true banger of an episode, covering everything from technological determinism to the modern Medicis to Blue Collar Crypto and the effect of blockchain on our daily lives. All this plus Martin Luther memes, Machiavelli, the death of subscription fees.Timestamps:o:oo—Intro1:31—Crypto and the Renaissance19:54—Historical Determinism and Inevitability26:49—Values, Communication, and Identity32:29—Parallels with Healthcare and the Point of No Return39:45—Urbit and Decentralized Organization45:34—Unleashing "Good" Capitalism52:44—Blue Collar Crypto1:01:04—Modern Medicis and the Power of Early Adoption1:07:58—Economic and Cultural Bifurcation1:21:00—Power to the People and Daily Choices1:27:22—Audience Questions! AI and Socially-Conscious Crypto1:34:50—Goodbye!Josh's Other Pod AppearancesBankless (Renaissance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=karddOiv4ZA&themeRefresh=1Bankless (American Revolution): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0psJ5JjjNrwOther Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsVCxxc8rMgTwitter@JoshuaRosenthal@BichulR@BasileSportif@AlephDao

Video version: https://youtu.be/AH-ePM5Y4dk Lucas 'Lukie' Ketelle is the author of his new book Inside of the Ropes of Boxing. Lukie is a long time boxing insider, writer, journalist, podcast host. Lukie says it how he sees it. A straight shooter, which is a rarity in this sport. Lukie says his book is meant to be Machiavelli's The Prince for athletes who want to make is big in this complicated, decentralized sport.  Lukie's info: https://linktr.ee/Lukieboxing Buy Lukie's book: HERE Follow Samir Azizi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adoublezi/ Follow Samir Azizi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdoubleZI Subscribe to Azizi Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2SjVRJ5

Es ist ein bisschen paradox, denn zum einen ist die wichtigste Regel bei Körpern: Nicht kommentieren. Zum anderen müssen wir aber unbedingt mal über Körper reden. Darüber, warum es so wichtig für unser Leben, unsere Karriere und sogar unser Glück ist, wie wir geboren wurden und gebaut sind. Und wie wir es vielleicht schaffen, uns davon zu lösen. Ein politischer Prozess, denn Körper sind politisch - in der Musik und in der Gesellschaft. Body Positivity, Fat-Shaming, Fetischisierung, Fitness-Bros, Alpha-Männer, Beatuy-OPs, Körper mit Behinderungen, Frauenhass und Rassismus - beim Thema Körper kommt einiges zusammen. Da Vassili gerade in der Ukraine ist, hat sich Jan für diese Folge absolut ebenbürtige Unterstützung an die Seite geholt: Die Wiener Rapperin KeKe ist als Co-Host in dieser Folge dabei. Sie hat gerade den Song “Thick” veröffentlicht, in dem sie rappt: “My body ain't a trend, das ist meine Existenz.” Denn wie wir uns in unseren Körpern fühlen und wie wir die Körper anderer sehen, ist von Schönheitsidealen und Trends geprägt. Und das ist ein Problem. Auch mit dem Rapper Disarstar haben wir über Körperbilder im Rap gesprochen und darüber, was Fitness damit zu tun hat. Natalie Rosenke hat uns erklärt, warum so viele Körper unter Diskriminierung leiden. Sie kämpft als Vorsitzende der Gesellschaft gegen Gewichtsdiskriminierung auf politischer Ebene dafür, dass alle Körper akzeptiert werden. Denn das sollte unser Ziel sein. Also mehr über Körper reden, weniger kommentieren. Mehr Infos zum Podcast: www.wdr.de/k/machiavelli Von Louis Huselstein.

In this wide-ranging conversation with Jackie Summers, creator of Sorel, some of the topics we discuss include: How Jackie has led a life of continuous transformation on his way to creating Sorel: battling a spinal tumor, leaving a successful corporate career, and becoming America's first black distiller since Prohibition. The intriguing wellness and flavor properties of hibiscus, which has more vitamin C than most citrus fruit, but that can be problematic as a single-note flavor. Why it took hundreds of test batches and experiments to perfect this product, which comes to us as the result of centuries of stolen bodies, stolen spices, and a resilient oral tradition that sings at the genetic level. The difference between “Sorrel,” the drink and “Sorel” the brand, by way of some apt wisdom from Jackie's childhood speech coach. Along the way, we cover the terroir of North African Hibiscus, why liquor years are like dog years, what to drink with the philosopher who went toe-to-toe with Machiavelli, and much, much more. This episode is brought to you by Near Country Provisions. If you live in the Mid-Atlantic and want to enjoy ethically raised (and delicious) meat from local farmers delivered to your door every month, then you need Near Country in your life. Head over to NearCountry.com and enter the code BARCART when you sign up for your subscription to receive 2 free pounds of bacon or ground beef in your first delivery.

In this newly remastered episode, rule over sleep with the pithy prose of Machiavelli. But first, a very long introduction to our author and the twisted papal politics of 15th century Italy. Yawn! ***Boring Books for Bedtime will be on break through September, so enjoy some remastered episodes from the wayback. We'll return with new readings for sleep in October!***   Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-free for all! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW   Read “The Prince” here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1232   Music: "Cosmic Tingles,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC-BY: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com   If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, boringbookspod.com.

Today's episode looks at the political playbooks of Alinski and Machiavelli and compares those to the decisions that Biden seems to be making in alignment. It's a bit scary to compare them and see what's happening. Ready to join The Rebellion? Become a patreon member and enjoy some great extras while supporting our efforts to speak the Truth into our culture. Learn more at patreon.com/dreverettpiper. Find more resources and info at dreverettpiper.com

In light of yet another disgusting abuse of force by The Democrat Regime that will see Steve Bannon indicted for criminal charges in New York—despite already receiving a pardon from President Trump over this exact issue—Charlie dives in to the underpinnings of what drives the radical left and questions why the conservative movement has continually failed to play ball against these vengeful apparatchiks. He walks through Machiavelli, Alinksy, and the political thought that inspires their campaign of war against dissident voices like Bannon, Trump, Flynn, to name just a few, and explains that if we fail to respond in-kind, as a collective movement, The Regime will come for all of us soon. Next, Nigel Farage joins the program to discuss the election of a new Prime Minister in the United Kingdom and what that means for us as well as our greatest ally across the pond. They also walk through the inner-workings of Britain's Deep State, the European energy crisis being fueled by the ongoing war with Russia, what it will take to get the Western World back on the right track, and ultimately why we must act with urgency to save civilization from ruin before its too late. Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Was bedeutet uns Mode? Was ziehen wir an und wieso tragen wir die Kleidung, die wir tragen? Wann hat unsere Begeisterung für Mode begonnen, welchen teuren Turnschuh haben wir uns als Kind immer gewünscht und welche Rolle spielt Mode in unserem Alltag? Unsere Gesprächspartner:innen müssten eigentlich einen gemeinsamen Mode-Podcast starten: Rapper RIN und Mode-Designerin Martina Tiefenthaler. RIN hat Deutschrap locker gemacht. Weg von Regeln irgendwelcher eingestaubter, alter Schulen. Ein Pionier, aufgewachsen und zuhause in Bietigheim-Bissingen, bei Stuttgart. Klingt nach schwäbischem Hinterland, hat aber eine mystisch hohe Dichte an erfolgreichen Musikern. Bausa und Shindy sind auch von dort, ebenso Hartmut Engler von PUR. In RINs Texten tauchen Claude Monet und Chief Keef auf, Fabergé und Vice City - und vor allem viel Mode: Supreme, Jean-Paul-Gaultier, Gosha Rubchinskiy, Dior und zum Glück auch Vetements. Martina Tiefenthaler hat Vetements mitgegründet und ist das zweite Gehirn und der verlängerte Arm ihres Kreativ-Partners Demna. Gemeinsam sind sie inzwischen für eins der wichtigsten Modelabel der vergangenen Dekade verantwortlich: Balenciaga. Dieses Label ist aufsehenerregend, manche finden es provozierend. Es gibt Kollaborationen mit den Simpsons, mit dem Videospiel Fortnite und mit der Ukraine. Jahresumsatz: eine Milliarde. Es ist das Lieblingslabel von Rappern wie Kanye West oder Ufo361. Gemeinsam begeben wir uns in das mystische Raumschiff der Mode-Welt. Martina erzählt, wie sie mit Balenciaga die Welt verändern will und warum der Kapitalismus sie daran hindert. Für RIN stand Mode immer auch in Verbindung mit Zugehörigkeit. Heute zeigt er sich nachdenklich, will ein besseres Vorbild sein und verspricht in seinen Texten weniger Hedonismus und mehr Inhalt. Für diese Podcast-Folge gibt es keinen Dresscode, aber sie ist très chique. // Shownotes zur Folge: www.wdr.de/k/machiavelli Von Machiavelli.

Staying authentic and making an impact are the key attributes of a successful leader in today's world. In today's episode, Mario Bekes and Heather Osgood share their favorite leaders and why they admire them. Leadership is changing, and we need to think differently in order to succeed in this new world. There are those who may not be as comfortable with how things are changing, those who are adaptable and have a good sense of communication, and finally, there is a new group of leaders who are setting the narrative and willing to step up and become leaders themselves. Who will you be? Tune in! In this episode: Mario Bekes discusses why Sun Tzu and Niccolò Machiavelli are his favorite leaders and their influence on history. Leadership is different when you are sitting behind a desk and are protected by obstacles. Leaders must understand their local market in order to make strategic decisions. Heather Osgood shares why she admires the leadership of Sara Blakely, the CEO of Spanx, and how she is an authentic leader who is always looking to learn and grow. The way leadership is changing has led to a more fragmented world, which makes it easier for smaller businesses to compete with larger corporations.  Key Takeaways: The information you share may impact generations to come The flow of information will change leadership - it is inevitable A display of leadership is using one's time wisely to deliver on goals The desire to give back to people is admirable as a leader Dream a bigger dream and do not feel small and limited Leaders have different reactions to the changing environment Tweetable Quotes: “Last two years, I saw how COVID-19 amplified people's behaviors in a good or bad way. Leadership is different when you're sitting behind a desk, being protected by the many obstacles… Leaders do the decision-making for everybody in the corporation… That's a display of leadership.” - Mario Bekes “We have become so fragmented… The way we approach things is so much different… There is so much more opportunity now.” - Heather Osgood Reach out to Denis: Email: denis@leadingchangepartners.com Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ (http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/)  Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/) Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/)

Harvey Mansfield is one of the most celebrated and valued teachers in America. He is a professor of government at Harvard—and has been so since 1962. This year, some of his students and admirers held a conference called “Harvey Mansfield at 90.” With Jay, Professor Mansfield discusses some of his career-long concerns: Aristotle, Machiavelli, Tocqueville . . . […]

Harvey Mansfield is one of the most celebrated and valued teachers in America. He is a professor of government at Harvard—and has been so since 1962. This year, some of his students and admirers held a conference called “Harvey Mansfield at 90.” With Jay, Professor Mansfield discusses some of his career-long concerns: Aristotle, Machiavelli, Tocqueville . . . He also answers, “What is democracy? Source

Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life. This is a special inbetweenisode, which serves as a recap of the episodes from last month. It features a short clip from each conversation in one place so you can easily jump around to get a feel for the episode and guest.Based on your feedback, this format has been tweaked and improved since the first recap episode. For instance, @hypersundays on Twitter suggested that the bios for each guest can slow the momentum, so we moved all the bios to the end. See it as a teaser. Something to whet your appetite. If you like what you hear, you can of course find the full episodes at tim.blog/podcast. Please enjoy! ***This episode is brought to you by 5-Bullet Friday, my very own email newsletter that every Friday features five bullet points highlighting cool things I've found that week, including apps, books, documentaries, gadgets, albums, articles, TV shows, new hacks or tricks, and—of course—all sorts of weird stuff I've dug up from around the world.It's free, it's always going to be free, and you can subscribe now at tim.blog/friday.***Full episode titles:Liv Boeree, Poker and Life — Core Strategies, Turning $500 into $1.7M, Cage Dancing, Game Theory, and Metaphysical Curiosities (#611)Luis von Ahn, Co-Founder and CEO of Duolingo — How to Be (Truly) Mission-Driven, Monetization Experiments, 10x Growth, Org Chart Iterations for Impacting Metrics, The Intricate Path to an IPO, Best Hiring Practices, Catching Exam Cheaters, The Allure of Toto Toilets, The Future of Duolingo, and How to Stand Out in Your Career (#607)Balaji S. Srinivasan — 5-10-Year Predictions, How to Start a New Country, Society-as-a-Service (SaaS), Bitcoin Maximalism, Memetic Warfare, How Prices Are Born, Moral Flippenings, The One Commandment, and The Power of Missionary over Mercenary (#606)Signal Over Noise with Noah Feldman — The War in Ukraine (Recap and Predictions), The Machiavelli of Maryland, Best Books to Understand Geopolitics, The Battles for Free Speech on Social Media, Metaverse Challenges, and More (#608)The Life-Extension Episode — Dr. Matt Kaeberlein on The Dog Aging Project, Rapamycin, Metformin, Spermidine, NAD+ Precursors, Urolithin A, Acarbose, and Much More (#610)Hamilton Morris and Dr. Mark Plotkin — Exploring the History of Psychoactive Substances, Synthetic vs. Natural Options, Microdosing, 5-MeO-DMT, The “Drunken Monkey” Hypothesis, Timothy Leary's Legacy, and More (#605)***For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsors.Sign up for Tim's email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim's books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferrissPast guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, Balaji Srinivasan, Sarah Silverman, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Dr. Michio Kaku, and many more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There's no denying the gender pay gap. Since 2000, the gender pay gap has held steady at about 20% despite all strides towards equality. Is the glass ceiling still holding strong? This week, host Elisa is joined by Stacey Vanek Smith, co-host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money, and author of Machiavelli for Women. Stacey brings with her a wealth of data and workplace knowledge, from how to get your opinions heard in a meeting to navigating the most complex of power dynamics. How are women perceived differently than men? And through a national security lens, how critical is it to have diverse voices at the forefront of decision making? Stacey Vanek Smith is the Co-Host of The Indicator from Planet Money, Correspondent for Planet Money, and author of Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace: https://www.npr.org/people/350888943/stacey-vanek-smith Stacey Vanek Smith, Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace. Gallery Books, 2022: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Machiavelli-for-Women/Stacey-Vanek-Smith/9781982121754 References: An Anthology: 60 Years of Transformation | National Security Law: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/publications/aba-standing-committee-on-law-and-national-security-60-th-anniversary-an-anthology/ The New U.S. Intelligence Community Law Sourcebook, 2021-2022 Edition – 25% OFF with code: ICLS25: www.americanbar.org/products/inv/book/417416664/

The topic of this episode is, “What role should Congress have in foreign affairs?” My guest is Alissa Ardito, the author of the book Machiavelli and the Modern State: The Prince, the Discourses on Livy, and the Extended Territorial Republic (Cambridge University Press, 2015). She has had a rich and varied career in governance, and she has thought deeply about legislatures and policymaking. Dr. Ardito has served as a general counsel at the Congressional Budget Office, and as an attorney advisor with the Administrative Conference of the United States. She received a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, and a B.A. from the University of Virginia—all of which makes her wise in the ways of statecraft. Kevin Kosar: Welcome to Understanding Congress, a podcast about the first branch of government. Congress is a notoriously complex institution, and few Americans think well of it, but Congress is essential to our republic. It's a place where our pluralistic society is supposed to work out its differences and come to agreement about what our laws should be. And that is why we are here: to discuss our national legislature and to think about ways to upgrade it so it can better serve our nation. I'm your host, Kevin Kosar, and I'm a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank in Washington, DC. Welcome to the podcast. Alissa Ardito: Thank you, Kevin. It's great to be here. Kevin Kosar: Let's start our inquiry with the Constitution, the foundation for our system of national self-governance. What constitutional powers does Congress have over foreign affairs? Alissa Ardito: Well, actually, if you look at the text of the Constitution, Congress has quite a lot of power over foreign affairs. The issue is that they are littered in various different parts of Section 8 and Section 10 of Article 1. I'll just mention a few. Actually, the first is Clause 1 of Section [8], tax and spend—the “Power To lay and collect Taxes…pay the Debts, and provide for the common Defence.” Congress also has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations; establish uniform rule of naturalization; define and punish piracies on the high seas; the great war power of Section 8, Clause 11, “To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water.” And then it even moves in, arguably, to everything about raise and support armies, provide and maintain a navy, regulate and call forth the militia. And then you get into—I think [it's] fascinating—I would argue that Section 9, Clause 7, “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law,” also constitutes a foreign affairs power. Then you get into all the limitations in Section 10 on states. The real concern was at the time of the Framing that they were exercising foreign relations independently. And then you can even move into Article 2 and the powers in the Senate, the treaty power and advise and consent on nominations as well. So, taken together, that's actually a pretty robust set of powers. Kevin Kosar: Yes, and these powers were, as you alluded to, scraped away from executive authority and scraped away from state authority and centered in the first branch: Congress. Now, Congress's authorities, we should probably also mention, go beyond those explicitly enumerated in the Constitution. Obviously there are a whole number of statutes that assign powers to Congress over foreign affairs, such as the War Powers Resolution, but additional legislative powers exist beyond that. For example, senators and members of the House can use their positions to raise the salience of issues, such as when Congress allows leaders of foreign nations to address it, or when legislators engage in legislative diplomacy and make trips abroad to meet with heads of state. There seems to be so much that Congress can do in foreign affairs. Is that right?...

In this thirtieth episode of Learned Hands, the Official Podcast of the Westerosi Bar Association, Merry & Clint ask: How well did Larys Strong, Cregan Stark, and Other Dancers do Machiavelli?Our analysis this week includes:Sexy Sexy Sexiness from Cregan Stark and Black Aly.Let's talk about Prince! Not the purple one. Or the little one. The one you read in freshman year Poli Sci.Clint gets all "you really have to look at the context before passing judgment" about Niccolò Machiavelli of all fucking people.Merry brings in the not-necessarily-Marxist reading, as per usual.We play the Realm's favorite game: Machiavelli or A Song of Ice And Fire? YOU CHOOSE.The Hands pass judgment on Larys Strong, Cregan Stark, Corlys Velaryon, and others.Everyone likes the counter-counter-coup against the Greens and Aegon II, who is kind of a dumbass and had to go.No one likes the democrats, who are also dumbasses.For some reason we make a bunch of pornhub jokes.We discuss how Nicky Macs feels about lying and killing (SPOILER: they're good!)It's the Hour of the Danged Wolf! There are trials! GET FUCKING HYPE.Supplemental reading: How to find and donate to your local abortion fundsA searchable copy of The PrinceGramsci's reading of MachiavelliBumpers by Lephrenic.  Extensive audio engineering by LittleWolfBird. Intro & Outro music courtesy Sid Luscious & The Pants. None of this should be construed as legal advice OBVIOUSLY. Support the show

Tim Ferriss and Noah Feldman on The War in Ukraine (Recap and Predictions), The Machiavelli of Maryland, Best Books to Understand Geopolitics, The Battles for Free Speech on Social Media, Metaverse Challenges, and More | Brought to you by MANSCAPED premium grooming products, Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, and Allform premium, modular furniture. More on all three below. I rarely cover current events on this podcast, but this is a new experiment.To avoid overwhelm, I do not track the news 24/7 with doom scrolling. Rather, I depend on conversations with my smartest friends to find the signal in the noise. The following conversation with Noah Feldman (@NoahRFeldman) is an example of such a conversation, very similar to what we would have offline, and I wanted to share it with you. I learned a ton and changed my thinking a lot, which I always do.Noah Feldman is a Harvard professor, ethical philosopher and advisor, public intellectual, religious scholar and historian, and author of 10 books, including his latest, The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America. You can find my interview with him at tim.blog/noah.Noah is the founder of Ethical Compass, which helps clients like Facebook and eBay improve ethical decision-making by creating and implementing new governance solutions. Noah conceived and designed the Facebook Oversight Board and continues to advise Facebook on ethics and governance issues.Feldman is host of the Deep Background podcast, a policy and public affairs columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, and a former contributing writer for The New York Times. 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The Prince by Machiavelli audiobook. The Prince is a political treatise by the Florentine writer Niccolò Machiavelli, originally called “De Principatibus” (About Principalities). It was written around 1513, but not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. The treatise is not actually representative of his published work during his lifetime, but it is certainly the best remembered one

This course was recorded in 2015 in an informal setting by Fr. Schall himself. "The unity of the Republic is complete- from the first words of Socrates at his trial to the last words at the end of the Republic we have an ever deepening reflection on the order of things..."   For over 35 years, Fr. James Schall taught Political Philosophy at Georgetown University, where he was legendary among generations of students.  If you want an experience of what those students enjoyed, this course is the place to begin.  Fr. Schall starts with Aristotle's Ethics and Politics and then, with wisdom and wit, guides his listeners through the thought of the great Roman statesman Cicero, the French Catholic philosopher Yves Simon, the Old and New Testaments, the political thought of St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas on Law, Machiavelli, politics in the plays of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Nietzsche, and finally, Plato's masterwork, the Republic.  It is a historical and intellectual tour de force in 60 lectures.  What generations of students had to pay thousands of dollars in tuition to hear, you can now have in recorded lectures to listen to over and over again.  In preserving the lectures of Fr. Schall, we at the Catholic International University feel that we are fulfilling the mission set by our founder Ralph McInerny:  to make the best Catholic lectures available as widely as possible to the public. Please don't miss this opportunity to engage in one of the greatest intellectual journeys you'll ever take with one of this generation's wisest guides. catholicthinkers.org  

There are thousands of books, podcasts, and social media posts about how to be more productive, strengthen your relationships, find your purpose, and be your all-around best self. And there are legions of programs and seminars out there designed to help you improve your life. All together, self-help represents a multi-billion dollar industry.But despite its ubiquity and cultural influence, you may never have thought about the deeper underpinnings of self-improvement. My guest has. In fact, her research led her to add being a life coach to her academic work as a professor of cultural history, surely creating one of the most unique career combinations. Her name is Anna Schaffner and she's the author of The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths. Anna and I begin our conversation with how the idea of self-improvement, far from being a recent, Western phenomenon, traces back to antiquity and can be found across cultures. We discuss how self-help reflects what a culture values, and changes based on a culture's conception of selfhood, agency, and the relationship between the individual and society. From there we turn to a few of the timeless principles of self-improvement — self-control, being virtuous, and building positive relationships — looking both at how they were tackled anciently, as well as more modern angles that can also be helpful. We discuss the downside of taking a strictly Stoic approach to life, the idea of making virtue a habit, and how Dale Carnegie can be seen as a modern Machiavelli, in a good way. We end our conversation with Anna's four favorite self-improvement books.Resources Related to the PodcastAnna's previous appearance on the show — Episode #476: Are Modern People the Most Exhausted in History?AoM Podcast #377: 12 Rules for Life With Jordan PetersonBildungAoM Podcast #614 with Stephen Hayes, founder of Acceptance and Commitment therapyAoM Podcast #746: The Confucian GentlemanAoM Podcast #148: Trying Not to TryHow to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale CarnegieAnna's favorite self-improvement books:Meditations by Marcus AureliusThe Happiness Trap by Russ HarrisMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor FranklThe Power of Now by Eckhart TolleConnect with Anna SchaffnerAnna's Personal WebsiteAnna's Coaching Website

This course was recorded in 2015 in an informal setting by Fr. Schall himself. Books Eight and Nine concern the decline of existing states. After the city in speech is argued in the first seven books, a theme from the end of book four reappears, that of the order of "decline" of states and the reasons for it. The citizen and the state are parallel, one decline leads to the next, ending in tyranny.   For over 35 years, Fr. James Schall taught Political Philosophy at Georgetown University, where he was legendary among generations of students.  If you want an experience of what those students enjoyed, this course is the place to begin.  Fr. Schall starts with Aristotle's Ethics and Politics and then, with wisdom and wit, guides his listeners through the thought of the great Roman statesman Cicero, the French Catholic philosopher Yves Simon, the Old and New Testaments, the political thought of St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas on Law, Machiavelli, politics in the plays of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Nietzsche, and finally, Plato's masterwork, the Republic.  It is a historical and intellectual tour de force in 60 lectures.  What generations of students had to pay thousands of dollars in tuition to hear, you can now have in recorded lectures to listen to over and over again.  In preserving the lectures of Fr. Schall, we at the Catholic International University feel that we are fulfilling the mission set by our founder Ralph McInerny:  to make the best Catholic lectures available as widely as possible to the public. Please don't miss this opportunity to engage in one of the greatest intellectual journeys you'll ever take with one of this generation's wisest guides. catholicthinkers.org  

This course was recorded in 2015 in an informal setting by Fr. Schall himself. Book Seven of The Republic is most famous. It contains the story of the Cave, which is a summary of the whole book and of much of Plato's philosophy. It deals with the city and philosophy, as well as with the proper education of the philosopher.   For over 35 years, Fr. James Schall taught Political Philosophy at Georgetown University, where he was legendary among generations of students.  If you want an experience of what those students enjoyed, this course is the place to begin.  Fr. Schall starts with Aristotle's Ethics and Politics and then, with wisdom and wit, guides his listeners through the thought of the great Roman statesman Cicero, the French Catholic philosopher Yves Simon, the Old and New Testaments, the political thought of St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas on Law, Machiavelli, politics in the plays of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Nietzsche, and finally, Plato's masterwork, the Republic.  It is a historical and intellectual tour de force in 60 lectures.  What generations of students had to pay thousands of dollars in tuition to hear, you can now have in recorded lectures to listen to over and over again.  In preserving the lectures of Fr. Schall, we at the Catholic International University feel that we are fulfilling the mission set by our founder Ralph McInerny:  to make the best Catholic lectures available as widely as possible to the public. Please don't miss this opportunity to engage in one of the greatest intellectual journeys you'll ever take with one of this generation's wisest guides. catholicthinkers.org  

This course was recorded in 2015 in an informal setting by Fr. Schall himself. Book 5 is the famous book about the communality of wives, children and property. It is Socrates' explanation of why the king and philosopher should be joined, then he speaks of the education of the philosopher. Book 6 wants to know why philosophers are not welcome in most existing states. He uses the illustration of the ship to describe the state. In the meantime, we see  that the Republic is not just about justice but the good.   For over 35 years, Fr. James Schall taught Political Philosophy at Georgetown University, where he was legendary among generations of students.  If you want an experience of what those students enjoyed, this course is the place to begin.  Fr. Schall starts with Aristotle's Ethics and Politics and then, with wisdom and wit, guides his listeners through the thought of the great Roman statesman Cicero, the French Catholic philosopher Yves Simon, the Old and New Testaments, the political thought of St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas on Law, Machiavelli, politics in the plays of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Nietzsche, and finally, Plato's masterwork, the Republic.  It is a historical and intellectual tour de force in 60 lectures.  What generations of students had to pay thousands of dollars in tuition to hear, you can now have in recorded lectures to listen to over and over again.  In preserving the lectures of Fr. Schall, we at the Catholic International University feel that we are fulfilling the mission set by our founder Ralph McInerny:  to make the best Catholic lectures available as widely as possible to the public. Please don't miss this opportunity to engage in one of the greatest intellectual journeys you'll ever take with one of this generation's wisest guides. catholicthinkers.org  

This course was recorded in 2015 in an informal setting by Fr. Schall himself. Book 4 of the Republic wants to know whether the philosophers are happy, since they get no rewards. Socrates explains that they are happy because their good is the common good.   For over 35 years, Fr. James Schall taught Political Philosophy at Georgetown University, where he was legendary among generations of students.  If you want an experience of what those students enjoyed, this course is the place to begin.  Fr. Schall starts with Aristotle's Ethics and Politics and then, with wisdom and wit, guides his listeners through the thought of the great Roman statesman Cicero, the French Catholic philosopher Yves Simon, the Old and New Testaments, the political thought of St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas on Law, Machiavelli, politics in the plays of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Nietzsche, and finally, Plato's masterwork, the Republic.  It is a historical and intellectual tour de force in 60 lectures.  What generations of students had to pay thousands of dollars in tuition to hear, you can now have in recorded lectures to listen to over and over again.  In preserving the lectures of Fr. Schall, we at the Catholic International University feel that we are fulfilling the mission set by our founder Ralph McInerny:  to make the best Catholic lectures available as widely as possible to the public. Please don't miss this opportunity to engage in one of the greatest intellectual journeys you'll ever take with one of this generation's wisest guides. catholicthinkers.org  

This course was recorded in 2015 in an informal setting by Fr. Schall himself. Book Three continues where Book Two left off, with the reasons why Socrates thought that it was the poets, especially Homer, who corrupted the city. It was because the arts, music, poetry, dancing, gymnastics are disordered and effect the souls. This inaugurates the famous discussion about whether and why we are moved to good or bad by what charms us.   For over 35 years, Fr. James Schall taught Political Philosophy at Georgetown University, where he was legendary among generations of students.  If you want an experience of what those students enjoyed, this course is the place to begin.  Fr. Schall starts with Aristotle's Ethics and Politics and then, with wisdom and wit, guides his listeners through the thought of the great Roman statesman Cicero, the French Catholic philosopher Yves Simon, the Old and New Testaments, the political thought of St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas on Law, Machiavelli, politics in the plays of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Nietzsche, and finally, Plato's masterwork, the Republic.  It is a historical and intellectual tour de force in 60 lectures.  What generations of students had to pay thousands of dollars in tuition to hear, you can now have in recorded lectures to listen to over and over again.  In preserving the lectures of Fr. Schall, we at the Catholic International University feel that we are fulfilling the mission set by our founder Ralph McInerny:  to make the best Catholic lectures available as widely as possible to the public. Please don't miss this opportunity to engage in one of the greatest intellectual journeys you'll ever take with one of this generation's wisest guides. catholicthinkers.org  

This course was recorded in 2015 in an informal setting by Fr. Schall himself. Book Two of the Republic begins with the concern of Glaucon and Adeimantus about the arguments of book one about justice. They want justice praised for its own sake, not for its awards and punishments. This conversation leads Socrates into forming a "city in speech or mind" to find out where injustice comes into or cities and souls. It turns out to be in our education.   For over 35 years, Fr. James Schall taught Political Philosophy at Georgetown University, where he was legendary among generations of students.  If you want an experience of what those students enjoyed, this course is the place to begin.  Fr. Schall starts with Aristotle's Ethics and Politics and then, with wisdom and wit, guides his listeners through the thought of the great Roman statesman Cicero, the French Catholic philosopher Yves Simon, the Old and New Testaments, the political thought of St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas on Law, Machiavelli, politics in the plays of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Nietzsche, and finally, Plato's masterwork, the Republic.  It is a historical and intellectual tour de force in 60 lectures.  What generations of students had to pay thousands of dollars in tuition to hear, you can now have in recorded lectures to listen to over and over again.  In preserving the lectures of Fr. Schall, we at the Catholic International University feel that we are fulfilling the mission set by our founder Ralph McInerny:  to make the best Catholic lectures available as widely as possible to the public. Please don't miss this opportunity to engage in one of the greatest intellectual journeys you'll ever take with one of this generation's wisest guides. catholicthinkers.org  

This course was recorded in 2015 in an informal setting by Fr. Schall himself. This course was recorded in 2015 in an informal setting by Fr. Schall himself. The first book of the Republic is written some time after the death of Socrates. Plato wants to know why it happened. The sub-title of the Republic is "on justice," that is, what happens if in this world justice is not served? Plato's answer is the immortality of the soul and final judgment after death. Lesson, we will not and cannot have a perfect city in this world.   For over 35 years, Fr. James Schall taught Political Philosophy at Georgetown University, where he was legendary among generations of students.  If you want an experience of what those students enjoyed, this course is the place to begin.  Fr. Schall starts with Aristotle's Ethics and Politics and then, with wisdom and wit, guides his listeners through the thought of the great Roman statesman Cicero, the French Catholic philosopher Yves Simon, the Old and New Testaments, the political thought of St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas on Law, Machiavelli, politics in the plays of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Nietzsche, and finally, Plato's masterwork, the Republic.  It is a historical and intellectual tour de force in 60 lectures.  What generations of students had to pay thousands of dollars in tuition to hear, you can now have in recorded lectures to listen to over and over again.  In preserving the lectures of Fr. Schall, we at the Catholic International University feel that we are fulfilling the mission set by our founder Ralph McInerny:  to make the best Catholic lectures available as widely as possible to the public. Please don't miss this opportunity to engage in one of the greatest intellectual journeys you'll ever take with one of this generation's wisest guides. catholicthinkers.org  

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This course was recorded in 2015 in an informal setting by Fr. Schall himself. The Phaedo is the dialogue about the last day of Socrates. He is in jail. The boat returns so his execution takes place immediately. He spends his last day in conversation with the potential philosophers about why it is all right to die. He finally drinks the hemlock and dies. The man who dies is Socrates the philosopher, executed by his city. This sets up the platonic problem of why.   For over 35 years, Fr. James Schall taught Political Philosophy at Georgetown University, where he was legendary among generations of students.  If you want an experience of what those students enjoyed, this course is the place to begin.  Fr. Schall starts with Aristotle's Ethics and Politics and then, with wisdom and wit, guides his listeners through the thought of the great Roman statesman Cicero, the French Catholic philosopher Yves Simon, the Old and New Testaments, the political thought of St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas on Law, Machiavelli, politics in the plays of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Nietzsche, and finally, Plato's masterwork, the Republic.  It is a historical and intellectual tour de force in 60 lectures.  What generations of students had to pay thousands of dollars in tuition to hear, you can now have in recorded lectures to listen to over and over again.  In preserving the lectures of Fr. Schall, we at the Catholic International University feel that we are fulfilling the mission set by our founder Ralph McInerny:  to make the best Catholic lectures available as widely as possible to the public. Please don't miss this opportunity to engage in one of the greatest intellectual journeys you'll ever take with one of this generation's wisest guides. catholicthinkers.org