Episode

Machiavelli's Virtue

Podcast: The Students
Published: May 20, 2026
Duration seconds: 4322
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Summary

Machiavelli saw that Christianity had made Italy weak, servile, and prey to criminal men. His answer: ground politics in "what is", not imagined republics — and dare great men to act on it. The consequences founded the modern world. Duncan Umphrey joins us to discuss the Machiavelli's virtue.