Module 03: Power without Illusions - Machiavelli & Hobbes скачать в хорошем качестве

Module 03: Power without Illusions - Machiavelli & Hobbes

Niccolò Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes stripped away political illusions to reveal raw power dynamics underneath. This lecture explores Machiavelli's shocking advice that rulers must "learn how not to be good," his fox-and-lion metaphor for cunning and force, and why he treated religion as a political tool. Discover Hobbes's state of nature as "war of all against all" where life is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short," his case for absolute sovereignty as the only escape from chaos, and the "dirty hands" problem leaders face. Essential for understanding political realism, debates about when necessity justifies immoral means, and why every liberal theory since argues with Hobbes. Disclaimer This video is produced for educational and academic purposes. The narration voices are generated using artificial intelligence and are used solely as neutral documentary narration. While the voices may resemble natural or familiar human speech, they are not intended to represent, depict, or be attributed to any specific real individual, living or deceased. No endorsement or personal attribution is implied.