The Machiavellian Moment Returns (opens in new tab)

In the third book of the Discourses on Livy, Niccolo Machiavelli argues that republics “do not last if they do not renew themselves” by recourse to their origins, when they were at their most pure. “Because in the process of time that goodness is corrupted, unless something intervenes to lead it back to the mark,... Read more about: The Machiavellian Moment Returns The post The Machiavellian Moment Returns appeared first on The American Mind.