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Tag: Machiavelli

Written by Evan HixonApril 29, 2016

Machiavelli’s “Small Volume”: The Legacy of the Stage Machiavel

“Bearing in mind all the matters previously discussed, I ask myself whether the present time is appropriate for welcoming a new ruler in Italy, and whether there is matter that provides an opportunity for a few-seeing and able man to mold it into a form that will bring honour to him and its inhabitants.” -Machiavelli

Written by Evan HixonApril 22, 2016

Privileged Positions: House of Cards and Frank Underwood’s Machiavellian Monologues

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“Since a ruler, then, must know how to act like a beast, he should imitate both the fox and the lion, for the lion is liable to be trapped, whereas the fox cannot ward off wolves…[b]ut foxiness should be well concealed: one must be a great feigner and dissembler. And men are so naïve…that a

Written by Evan HixonApril 15, 2016

“You win or You Die”: Game of Thrones and Machiavellian Amorality

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“However, how men live is so different from how they should live that a ruler who does not do what is generally done, but persists in doing what ought to be done, will undermine his power rather than maintain it.” -Machiavelli Note: Spoilers for the first four seasons of Game of Thrones and for Richard

Written by Evan HixonApril 8, 2016

Hated, Feared and Loved: Popular Representations of Nicollò Machiavelli

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“A controversy has risen about this: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or vice versa. My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of them has to be lacking, it is much safer to be feared than

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