| Edition |
Library ed. |
| Description |
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (various pagings ; 22 cm.) |
| Series |
Great courses. Philosophy & intellectual history
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Great courses (DVD). Philosophy & intellectual history.
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| Contents |
Disc 1. Who is Machiavelli? Why does he matter? ; Machiavelli's Florence ; Classical thought in Renaissance Florence ; Life of Niccolò Machiavelli ; Why did Machiavelli write The prince? ; The prince, 1-5 : republics old and new -- disc 2. The prince, 6-7 : Virtù and Fortuna ; The prince, 8-12 : the prince and power ; The prince, 13-16 : the art of being a prince ; The prince, 17-21 : the lion and the fox ; The prince, 21-26 : fortune and foreigners ; Livy, the Roman Republic, and Machiavelli -- disc 3. Discourses : why Machiavelli is a republican ; Discourses : the workings of a good republic ; Discourses : lessons from Rome ; Discourses : a principality or a republic? ; Discourses : the qualities of a good republic ; Discourses : a republic at war -- disc 4. Discourses : can republics last? ; Discourses : conspiracies and other dangers ; Florentine histories : the growth of Florence ; Florentine histories : the age of the Medici ; The fate of Machiavelli's works ; Was Machiavelli a Machiavellian? |
| Cast |
Lecturer, William R. Cook. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Subject |
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
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Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Principe. English.
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Political science -- Early works to 1800.
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| Genre/Form |
Educational films
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1598031716 |
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9781598031713 |
| Standard No. |
9781598031713 |
| Music No. |
4311 Teaching Co. |
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