The Prince
Workby Niccolò Machiavelli · 1532
Heard in 1 episode across 1 show since Jun 2026
The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise written by the Italian diplomat and political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli. Written as an instruction guide for new princes, the work famously argues that immoral acts are sometimes necessary to achieve and maintain political power and glory.
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Machiavelli intended The Prince as proprietary political knowledge for Florence, not broad public circulation.
“The prince's secret proprietary, the secret sauce of how to maintain power. And he will not let any other power have that right.”
Open the episode · Ada Palmer – Machiavelli is the most misunderstood thinker of all timeListen at 1:20:27
The Prince is primarily a manual for preserving governmental power, not acquiring it.
“it's a manual not of how to gain power, but of how to keep power”
Open the episode · Ada Palmer – Machiavelli is the most misunderstood thinker of all timeListen at 2:03:34
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