Grazie per questo. Devo leggere sopra i poeti crepuscolari come parte del mio corso in italiano e Machiavelli é una persona molto interessante da questa prospettiva. Mi piace anche molto l'arte che usi.
Just checked out your channel, and it pains me to see the low engagement. Fake till you make it really is a sad reality that empowers the undeserving around us. Your content is academic par excellence.
@@mohammedraheef1415 I appreciate that, not many people go through the kind of humanities education I received. But this channel exists for all those who are also trying to leave the Cave, rather than remain in it. It's also a way to give back -- some people don't have the luxury of attending Yale, studying with Cambridge and Oxford educated professors, etc.
when the spiritual dominion of your times has its own army, i guess you lean towards power over providence in your political orientation - be pragmatic or die, the lowest common denominator of game theory. trust to conflict to trust to conflict ... i guess kissinger deserves some credit for emphasizing detente and shuttle diplomacy - humans quickly become maniacal and paranoid in isolation, only in social engagement do we resurrect our better natures. overall, diversity of peoples without acceptance of diversity of thinking/values will lead to tyranny. but yes, machiavelli was at the center of a revolution of civilization, so his thinking is specific to that historicity. power makes crude sense, until the apocalyptic technologies of the 20th century and the shrinkage of the world push 500 year old thinking to an existential crisis.
Unpopular hot take: I think Kissinger was the best Secretary of State of the 20th century after Marshall. It's very fashionable for utopians, hyper-idealists, and critics of US foreign policy (even acknowledging the limits of power) to criticize him. But on the whole, his diplomatic influence and policies of greater diplomacy, détente, integration, and peace efforts in important geopolitical flash points (like the Middle East) were very successful and should be models to follow.
Marsilius of Padua a defender or advocate of absolute rule??? Not sure about that. Ya, he sided with the Emperor vs. the Pope and papal claims to a "plenitude of power" in affairs of both church and state but he was a defender of the popular republic vs any claim of absolute rule.
So what you’re saying is that republics have a higher ability for tyranny because they become like a religion for the people’s ego. You can become overtly authoritarian because the people believe it’s for their sake? And therefore this grants the state better competitive advantage? I can see the ideal upheld in monarchism but the practical benefit of the myth of an ideal republic fooling the people.
Power and tyranny should not necessarily be conflated as synonymous but yes, there is a darker side that most scholars recognize about what Machiavelli is saying. Harnessing the power of the people for the purpose of the state is vastly more centralizing in its tendency than the god-emperor or divine right of the king. Who is actually going to die for the state? Machiavelli understands that republics have the ability to have significantly more state power with the support of the people.
