| Description |
12 sound discs (12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm) |
| Series |
The great courses |
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Great courses.
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| Note |
Lectures. |
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In two containers (23 cm.). |
| Performer |
William R. Cook, lecturer. |
| Contents |
pt. 1: disc 1. lecture 1. Who is Machiavelli? Why does he matter? lecture 2. Machiavelli's Florence -- disc 2. lecture 3. Classical thought in Renaissance Florence. lecture 4. The life of Niccolò Machiavelli -- disc 5. lecture 5. Why did Machiavelli write The prince? lecture 6. The prince, 1-5, republics old and new -- disc 4. lecture 7. The prince, 6-7, virtù and Fortuna. lecture 8. The prince, 8-12, the prince and power -- disc 5. lecture 9. The prince, 13-16, the art of being a prince. lecture 10. The prince, 17-21, the lion and the fox -- disc 6. lecture 11. The prince, 21-26, fortune and foreigners. lecture 12. Livy, the Roman Republic, and Machiavelli. |
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pt. 2: disc 7. lecture 13. Discourses, why Machiavelli is a republican. lecture 14. Discourses, the workings of a good republic -- disc 8. lecture 15. Discourses, lessons from Rome. lecture 16. Discourses, a principality or a republic? -- disc 9. lecture 17. Discourses, the qualities of a good republic. lecture 18. Discourses, a republic at war -- disc 10. lecture 19. Discourses, can republics last? lecture 20. Discourses, conspiracies and other dangers -- disc 11. lecture 21. Florentine histories, the growth of Florence. lecture 22. Florentine histories, the age of the Medici -- disc 12. lecture 23. The fate of Machiavelli's works. lecture 24. Was Machiavelli a Machiavellian? |
| Subject |
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
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Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Political scientists -- Biography -- Sound recordings.
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| Local Subject |
BOOKS ON COMPACT DISC.
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| Genre |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1598031708 |
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9781598031706 |
| Music No. |
4311 Teaching Company |
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