163: Machiavelli's "The Prince" or "How to kill friends and influence people."

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Christianity, Education, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts

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🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Machiavelli was a statesman that wanted back into the good graces of the Medici. It half worked. This is a discussion of the work that was supposed to do the job of charming the prince. It's entitled, shockingly, "The Prince."

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to classical stuff.
0:10.9	You should know a podcast about royalty and excellence and just a distinction.
0:19.2	Put on by three descendants of great and mighty kings. I'm joined as always by,
0:25.7	I always forget your title. What is your official title? Lord Arthur Jan Hanenberg of Sealand.
0:29.8	Arthur Jan Hanenberg of Sealand. Mr. Donaldson, what is your distinction? I'm just from Canada.
0:39.4	Canadian Graham Donaldson, but that's like the highest praise that can be heaped upon you is Canadian.
0:44.3	Spills on your shirt.
0:45.6	Yeah, I'm kind of, I got the second dose of the vaccine a couple days ago.
0:49.8	I'm still like held together by duct tape and I'm having a rough time.
0:54.6	You only missed two days of school.
0:55.8	So you're, yeah.
0:56.7	The only two days of school I've missed all year.
0:58.9	Is that true?
0:59.3	What about your Wi-Fi reception is great now?
1:01.0	My 5G is crystal clear.
1:03.0	And I bought so many Microsoft products.
1:05.7	I got lost in the mall.
1:06.8	Government tracked me down so fast.
1:08.2	Sorry what.
1:09.1	And Thomas Magby, sorry, I'm the third one.
1:11.2	So, yep, nailed it.
1:15.0	So today we're going to be continuing our 162 part series on royalty.
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