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  1. Dialogue: The Unarmed Prophet and the Armed World

    A conversation between Girolamo Savonarola and Niccolò Machiavelli

    Florence. Night. The Piazza della Signoria is empty, though the stones still remember fire. The ghost of Girolamo Savonarola stands near the place where he was hanged and burned. Niccolò Machiavelli enters, older now, carrying a manuscript beneath his arm.

    SAVONAROLA:
    You return to the place of ashes, Messer Niccolò.

    MACHIAVELLI:
    Florence has many places of ashes, Fra Girolamo. Yours is only the most famous.

    SAVONAROLA:
    And you have made use of it.

    MACHIAVELLI:
    I made use of what happened. That is not the same as rejoicing in it.

    SAVONAROLA:
    You wrote that I was ruined because I was unarmed.

    MACHIAVELLI:
    Were you not?

    SAVONAROLA:
    I preached repentance. I called a city to righteousness. I turned hearts toward God.

    MACHIAVELLI:
    For a time.

    SAVONAROLA:
    Truth is not false because men grow tired of it.

    Read the full Dialogue at PeaceGrooves.

    #ashesAndProphecy #chiaroscuro #ChurchAndState #darkFantasyArt #darkGothic #Drama #FlorentineHistory #gothicArt #gothicIllustration #historicalFiction #Machiavelli #PalazzoVecchio #PeaceGrooves #philosophicalDialogue #PiazzaDellaSignoria #politicalTheology #powerAndConscience #propheticWitness #ravens #religiousHistory #RenaissanceFlorence #Savonarola #script #symbolicArt #ThePrince #Theater #unarmedProphet #violenceAndPower
  2. This finish to the #Machiavelli chapter by @adapalmer in Inventing the #Renaissance is🧑‍🍳💋

    #History breathes with us every day.

    It is not suppressed.

    It is dormant.

    It is latent.

    It is ambient.

  3. Niccolo Machiavelli (May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527) wrote The Prince after prison, torture, and exile, with the cold clarity of someone who had seen power from the inside.

    This is not just a book about rulers but about fear, ambition, loyalty, betrayal, and the dangerous people who believe they are born to command others.

    #books #literature #reading #book #writers #author #Machiavelli #ThePrince #bookstodon @bookstodon #politics #ambitions #booksky #bookstagram #BookTok #today

  4. Sfântul Nicolae Velimirovici - Înarmarea pentru viitorul război. Care sunt cauzele lui? - Toate popoarele Europei si Americii, draga generale – incepu balcanicul – se inarmeaza in modul cel mai febril pentru un nou razboi. Cinenu vede asta? 👉 c.aparatorul.md/wc11s 👈 #LipsăDeIdealuri #Machiavelli #Nietzsche #RăzboiMondial
    c.aparatorul.md/wc11s

  5. The Iron Cradle isn’t a prison—it’s a furnace. As the carriage careens toward a ravine, Machiavelli seizes a silver cylinder that should hold a list of Florentine traitors, only to find a note from his mentor: “The map is not the city, and the boy is not the Index. Look at your own skin.”
    Power, betrayal, and the ticking clock of a collapsing Republic swirl in a single night’s march.

    inkitt.com/stories/1657707/cha

    #HistoricalEspionage #Machiavelli #Books #Inkitt #Novel

  6. @chris
    To whom?

    Ambiguity is a useful part of #diplomacy particularly when diplomacy might be carried on "by other means".

    The threat, as #Nimzowich said, is always stronger than its execution.

    You would like to bomb Tehran? Very fashionable. Or Washington?

    #Clausewitz #Machiavelli

  7. ‼️ Dernière parution 📰
    👑 S'inscrivant dans le dossier « La philosophie pratique : fondements, enjeux et perspectives », Guillaume Bogiaris signe « La philosophie pratique dans l’exercice princier chez Machiavel », une traduction d'un chapitre de son ouvrage de 2021.
    🏹 En posant notamment l'exercice de la chasse comme image de la pensée philosophique, Bogiaris examine la place que prend cet exercice intellectuel dans la pensée machiavélienne.
    #machiavelli #chasse

    sens-public.org/articles/1704/

  8. Just finished the essay “The hour of the predator” by Giuliano da Empoli. The most insightful description of the current state of the world that I have read in a long time!

    He essentially describes how today’s equivalents of Cesare Borgia (who inspired #Machiavelli’s Prince) are seizing their moment, fueled by digital technologies. Highly recommended!

    #eupol #uspol

  9. The boy just turned the river’s violet ink into a living map – and the flag on the lead enemy galley bears *our* Machiavelli lion. My father is the admiral of the Shadow Fleet, sailing under a legal mask.

    wattpad.com/1606040740-the-pri

    #ThePrincesScribe #Machiavelli #EspionageThriller #writing #writingCommunity #reading

  10. If you’ve read Machiavelli, especially “Discourses on Livy”, which is actually his major work (“The Prince” is not) you know his emphasis on Virtu of the people and elites as what holds Republics together. Machiavelli thought that Republics were the best form of government and that the greatest feat was to create or maintain a Republic: he was not a fan of autocratic government.

    To summarize […]

    https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-wisdom-of-machiavellian-virtu-why-america-is-losing-its-bill-of-rights-constitutional-virtues/
  11. "The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”

    ~ #Machiavelli

    #Trump #Maga #Clownshow

  12. #Machiavelli argued: Cruelty with a purpose was far better than mercy with none.

    “Too much mercy allows disorders to go on, from which spring killings or depredations,” the #Renaissance writer declared.

  13. A quotation from Christopher Marlowe

    MACHIAVEL: I count Religion but a childish Toy,
       And hold there is no sinne but Ignorance.

    Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
    The Jew of Malta, Act 1, Prologue (c. 1590)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/marlowe-christopher/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #christophermarlowe #kitmarlowe #machiavelli #childishness #ignorance #knowledge #religion #sin

  14. "Da Empoli issues a warning from history, that the Borgia poisoners are back as tech bros." John Sweeney

    Giuliano da Empoli, The Hour of the Predator, Encounters with the Autocrats and Tech Billionaires Taking Over the World, 2025, Pushkin Press >>
    pushkinpress.com/book/the-hour

    Where everything is bad
    it must be good
    to know the worst.
    – F.H. Bradley
    >>
    Theodor W. Adorno. Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minima_M

    The Prince, Nicolo Machiavelli
    gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-
    #zeitgeist #mindsets #autocracy #governance #violence #law #book #Machiavelli #CesareBorgia #DaEmpoli

  15. "Da Empoli issues a warning from history, that the Borgia poisoners are back as tech bros." John Sweeney

    Giuliano da Empoli, The Hour of the Predator, Encounters with the Autocrats and Tech Billionaires Taking Over the World, 2025, Pushkin Press >>
    pushkinpress.com/book/the-hour

    Where everything is bad
    it must be good
    to know the worst.
    – F.H. Bradley
    >>
    Theodor W. Adorno. Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minima_M

    The Prince, Nicolo Machiavelli
    gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-
    #zeitgeist #mindsets #autocracy #governance #violence #law #book #Machiavelli #CesareBorgia #DaEmpoli

  16. "Da Empoli issues a warning from history, that the Borgia poisoners are back as tech bros." John Sweeney

    Giuliano da Empoli, The Hour of the Predator, Encounters with the Autocrats and Tech Billionaires Taking Over the World, 2025, Pushkin Press >>
    pushkinpress.com/book/the-hour

    Where everything is bad
    it must be good
    to know the worst.
    – F.H. Bradley
    >>
    Theodor W. Adorno. Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minima_M

    The Prince, Nicolo Machiavelli
    gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-
    #zeitgeist #mindsets #autocracy #governance #violence #law #book #Machiavelli #CesareBorgia #DaEmpoli

  17. "Da Empoli issues a warning from history, that the Borgia poisoners are back as tech bros." John Sweeney

    Giuliano da Empoli, The Hour of the Predator, Encounters with the Autocrats and Tech Billionaires Taking Over the World, 2025, Pushkin Press >>
    pushkinpress.com/book/the-hour

    Where everything is bad
    it must be good
    to know the worst.
    – F.H. Bradley
    >>
    Theodor W. Adorno. Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minima_M

    The Prince, Nicolo Machiavelli
    gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-
    #zeitgeist #mindsets #autocracy #governance #violence #law #book #Machiavelli #CesareBorgia #DaEmpoli

  18. "Da Empoli issues a warning from history, that the Borgia poisoners are back as tech bros." John Sweeney

    Giuliano da Empoli, The Hour of the Predator, Encounters with the Autocrats and Tech Billionaires Taking Over the World, 2025, Pushkin Press >>
    pushkinpress.com/book/the-hour

    Where everything is bad
    it must be good
    to know the worst.
    – F.H. Bradley
    >>
    Theodor W. Adorno. Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minima_M

    The Prince, Nicolo Machiavelli
    gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-
    #zeitgeist #mindsets #autocracy #governance #violence #law #book #Machiavelli #CesareBorgia #DaEmpoli

  19. @andrewstroehlein

    For advanced readers:

    Machiavelli on International Relations by Marco Cesa (2014)

    This anthology gathers together for the first time all of Machiavelli's writing on international affairs. About 60 excerpts are organized around key themes, such as: the idea that political action takes place in a context that constrains decisions and affects outcomes;

    [See alt text]

    #books
    #InternationalRelations
    #Machiavelli

  20. Again, the cruelties of the people are turned against him who is fears will encroach upon the common rights, but the cruelties of the Prince against those who he fears will assert those rights. - Niccolo Machiavelli #philosophy #republicanism #machiavelli

  21. Why Do the Least Qualified Often End Up in Power?
    Machiavelli saw it coming centuries ago—and modern psychology backs him up.
    This video unpacks the unsettling truth: confidence, charisma, and cunning often outrank competence when it comes to climbing the ladder. From CEOs to politicians, it’s not always the best and brightest who rise to the top.
    Explore the dark side of leadership and what it means for you, your workplace, and the world.
    #leadershippsychology #machiavelli #powerdynamics #organisationaltruths #auspol #scomo #tonyabbott #PeterDutton #dunningkrugereffect #dunningkruger

    youtube.com/watch?v=Ix4nKNDKhTQ

  22. Le général #BenoîtDurieux : « Très longtemps, on s’est refusé à imaginer que la #Russie pourrait à nouveau vouloir avoir recours à la guerre »

    Depuis l’annonce du gel brutal de l’aide américaine à l’#Ukraine le 3 mars, qui a repris depuis, le débat stratégique en Europe est relancé. L’ancien directeur de l’Institut des hautes études de défense nationale propose, dans un entretien au « #LeMonde », de relire les principaux penseurs militaires pour mieux comprendre la recomposition #géopolitique.

    #geostrategie #strategie #clausewitz #machiavelli #bookstodon #geographie
    @geography
    lemonde.fr/idees/article/2025/

  23. Le général #BenoîtDurieux : « Très longtemps, on s’est refusé à imaginer que la #Russie pourrait à nouveau vouloir avoir recours à la guerre »

    Depuis l’annonce du gel brutal de l’aide américaine à l’#Ukraine le 3 mars, qui a repris depuis, le débat stratégique en Europe est relancé. L’ancien directeur de l’Institut des hautes études de défense nationale propose, dans un entretien au « #LeMonde », de relire les principaux penseurs militaires pour mieux comprendre la recomposition #géopolitique.

    #geostrategie #strategie #clausewitz #machiavelli #bookstodon #geographie
    @geography
    lemonde.fr/idees/article/2025/

  24. Le général #BenoîtDurieux : « Très longtemps, on s’est refusé à imaginer que la #Russie pourrait à nouveau vouloir avoir recours à la guerre »

    Depuis l’annonce du gel brutal de l’aide américaine à l’#Ukraine le 3 mars, qui a repris depuis, le débat stratégique en Europe est relancé. L’ancien directeur de l’Institut des hautes études de défense nationale propose, dans un entretien au « #LeMonde », de relire les principaux penseurs militaires pour mieux comprendre la recomposition #géopolitique.

    #geostrategie #strategie #clausewitz #machiavelli #bookstodon #geographie
    @geography
    lemonde.fr/idees/article/2025/

  25. Le général #BenoîtDurieux : « Très longtemps, on s’est refusé à imaginer que la #Russie pourrait à nouveau vouloir avoir recours à la guerre »

    Depuis l’annonce du gel brutal de l’aide américaine à l’#Ukraine le 3 mars, qui a repris depuis, le débat stratégique en Europe est relancé. L’ancien directeur de l’Institut des hautes études de défense nationale propose, dans un entretien au « #LeMonde », de relire les principaux penseurs militaires pour mieux comprendre la recomposition #géopolitique.

    #geostrategie #strategie #clausewitz #machiavelli #bookstodon #geographie
    @geography
    lemonde.fr/idees/article/2025/

  26. @andreaskemper

    Auch hier Danke. #Machiavelli ist mir leider bisher durch die "Lappen" gegangen. Mir war nicht bewusst, dass der heutige #Faschismus sich noch auf #posttraumatisch e Schriften des 16.Jh. beruft.
    Die #Trauma Folge wird ignoriert.
    Könnte man es als #Stockholm Syndrom gegenüber dem Tyrannen sehen, der Männer auffordert zum Tyrannen zu werden
    Leider war das ein Samen der gewachsen ist, und sie trägt heute noch Früchte, und versamt sich.

    Eindeutig der Schlussatz:

    Musk hat mit X ein Forum erschaffen, in dem rechte Vordenker wie Martin Sellner unzensiert Journalisten drohen können, wie hier am 27. Mai 2024: „Aber wehe, den Zensoren sollten Sie einmal die Früchte des Zorns ernten, diese sie selbst gesät haben. […] Sie haben keine Ahnung, was für eine Welle an Frust und Zorn sich in den Katakomben aufgestaut hat, in die sie uns gezwungen haben.“ Wo das Streben nach Macht nicht aufhört, wo es nie genug, aber immer einen Sündenbock geben kann, wird Gewalt nicht lange auf sich warten lassen.

    #Machiavelli #virtu #Trump #Trumpcoin

  27. Ich hab mal wieder was zu Machiavelli gemacht (in meiner Reihe "Machiavellis Irrtümer").

    Ist recht lustig geworden, daher hat es den Titel "Trump und Rom" bekommen.

    Insbesondere geeignet für die eingefleischten Freunde Mythenmetzscher Abschweifungen... 😉

    patreon.com/posts/machiavellis

    #WieManSichAnDieMachtBringt #Freiheit #DasProblemMitRom #Imperialismus #Discorsi #Machiavelli

  28. I feel that to understand #Trump, one could read the 48 laws of power by Robert Greene, and then watch some of his rallies.

    #uspol #machiavelli #democracy #election2024 #InformationAge #illusion

  29. W ostatnim czasie to już druga audycja poświęcona obalaniu mitów o Machiavellim. Wszyscy wiemy, co oznacza "makiawelizm" i jak się przejawia. Ale czy myślimy słusznie? 📻 Dzisiaj (w Tygodniku Spraw Obywatelskich) wysłuchałem ciekawej rozmowy z autorem polskiej książki o Machiavellim - tu jest link:

    🔗 Czy masz świadomość? (Nr 207) – Świat Machiavellego – fakty i mity: invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=AB

    A miesiąc temu był odcinek podcastu Dwie Lewe Ręce z serii o [O KSIĄŻKACH] „Książę” Niccolò Machiavelli. Tam mówili o Machiavellim jeszcze pochlebniej - link:

    🔗 invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=jv

    #Machiavelli # NiccolòMachiavelli #Książę #podcast #audycja #makiawelizm #polityka #politycy #książki #TygodnikSprawObywatelskich #DwieLeweRęce #DLR #RafałGórski #rozmowa #wywiad