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Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-of-lecture-on-machiavellis-ethics

Companion interviews:

- The Forgotten 11th Commandment | Princeton’s Maurizio Viroli on Machiavelli's God: https://youtu.be/cE6gz40RRV8

- Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs | Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli: https://youtu.be/l21HUb4uunM

These were the secondary texts I referenced and found most insightful (affiliate links)

- Mansfield, Machiavelli’s Virtue: https://amzn.to/44twNVb

- Mansfield, Machiavelli’s Effectual Truth: https://amzn.to/4phinje

- Viroli, Machiavelli’s God: https://amzn.to/49FZAtf

- McCormick, Machiavellian Democracy: https://amzn.to/43QiNVq