UDLS
The Un-Distinguished Lecture Series
Discourses Upon “Discourses Upon Livy” (and also Livy)
Date
June 27, 2008
Speaker
James Wright
Abstract
Machiavelli wrote more than just “The Prince”! Where “The Prince” was Machiavelli’s book of advice for monarchs, “Discourses Upon Livy” is Machiavelli’s advice to republics. It is structured as a swarm of tiny chapters that discuss events in Livy’s History of Rome. I thought it might be fun to pick a few anecdotes and talk about them.
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