Heard Tell Podcast: Machiavelli: Myths, Conspiracies, & Politics From Renaissance To Founding Fathers to 2Pac and Today

So you might have heard tell of Machiavelli, or someone acting or accused of being Machiavellian in their dealings, schemings, and intentions, or the shadowy political powers of secret grand strategies to garner and wield power, or the using of evil to get what you want, or maybe as the moniker for 2Pac on his posthumous last album. Thing is, the real story of how a Renaissance-era Florentine politico became the father of modern political thought, philosophy, and what we now call political science. Amanda Griffiths returns to Heard Tell to turn down the noise on the controversy and influence of Machiavelli from how it was writing against his work The Prince that really drew interest to what is now one of the most widely known and influential political works ever. Amanda explains how the translations, culture of the day, and politics of the time are essential in understanding what Machiavelli was doing with The Prince and Discourses and why they became so popular long after he wrote them. From a who's who list of philosophers and world history figures, to the American founding fathers, to pop culture of today, we discuss what we should learn from Machiavelli, what he really meant, what is the truth among the conspiracy theories, and even work through some of those famous quotes and sayings that are attributed to him. Amanda Griffith takes on a deep dive into Machiavelli on this episode of the Heard Tell Podcast.

Further Reading:

The Prince by Machiavelli

Discourses... by Machiavelli

Letters of Machiavelli

Mansfield & Tarcov Translation of Discourses

John McCormick works

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