# Machiavelli's Virtue

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Podcast: [The Students](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-students-7814679)
Published: 2026-05-20T10:00:00+00:00
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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.

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