William R. Cook

Machiavelli in Context

Chris Aldrich

The title of this is in fact its overarching thesis, and such a good one at that. Dr. Cook does and excellent job doing an overview of Machiavelli's surrounding times and immediate history to frame as much of both him and his thought as possible in such a short span of time. I had known that Machiavelli was more maligned than he deserved, but didn't know just how much. Cook provides some excellent topics for thought. I'm fascinated enough that I want to go back and read both Livy and The Discourses now.

I'd highly recommend this to anyone and honestly every citizen of the world should know what's in this excellent short set of lectures.

Machiavelli in Context

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