Once again, with the assistance of the spirit medium in Florence, I was able to summon the great political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli from the netherworld where he mournfully dwells. Our previous ...

“Whoever becomes the master of a city accustomed to freedom, and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed himself; because, when there is a rebellion, such a city justifies itself by calling on ...

The joke about political science is that it’s not about politics, and it’s not a science. This would have surprised Aristotle, the ancient inventor of the field, and Machiavelli, its modern reinventor ...

In The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli states it is ideal to be both loved and feared, but because they rarely coexist, it is safer to be feared than loved. He argues that fear is more reliable than love, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever since Donald Trump was re-elected, I have been haunted by a passage in Machiavelli’s “The Prince.” “Whoever becomes the ...

Ever since Donald Trump was re-elected, I have been haunted by a passage in Machiavelli’s “The Prince.” “Whoever becomes the master of a city accustomed to freedom, and does not destroy it, may expect ...