Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction | Quentin Skinner | Talks at Google

Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil so that good may come of it. In this Talks at Google, Quentin Skinner gives a very short introduction to Machiavelli, focussing on his best-known work "The Prince".

Quentin Skinner is the Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities and Co-director of The Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought at Queen Mary University of London. From 1996 to 2008 he was Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge. He is the author a number of books, including "The Foundations of Modern Political Thought", which The Times Literary Supplement listed as one of the 100 most influential books since World War II.

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