Seek Danger, Not Comfort | Machiavelli Explained

Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/

Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcr...

Companion interviews:
This is How I Fell in Love with Machiavelli | Q&A:    • This is How I Fell in Love with Machiavell...  
Power Will Cost You Everything, It’s Worth It:    • Power Will Cost You Everything, It’s Worth It  
The Forgotten 11th Commandment | Princeton’s Maurizio Viroli on Machiavelli's God:    • The Forgotten 11th Commandment | Princeton...  
Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs | Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli:    • Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs | ...  

These were the secondary texts I referenced and found most insightful (affiliate links)
Mansfield, Machiavelli’s Virtue: https://amzn.to/44twNVb
Mansfield, Machiavelli’s Effectual Truth: https://amzn.to/4phinje
Viroli, Machiavelli’s God: https://amzn.to/49FZAtf
McCormick, Machiavellian Democracy: https://amzn.to/43QiNVq

Timestamps:
00:00 0. Introduction
02:15   1.1 Why Conquest: Decadence
16:57    1.2 Why Conquest: External Competition
22:46   1.3 Why Conquest: Failure in Success
29:26   2. How to Conquer
30:29   2.1 How to Conquer: Leagues
33:07  2.2 How to Conquer: Subjects
36:09  2.3 How to Conquer: Roman Fraud
39:01  2.4 How to Conquer: Roman People
40:56  2.5 How to Conquer: Roman Resources
44:29  3. Conquest in Modernity