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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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