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The prince
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Podcasts that mention The prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Daily Stoic episodes that mention The prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Episode: Journalist Kati Marton on Angela Merkel’s Remarkable Stoicism
Published on January 3, 2023
She just doesn't think it's anybody's business, and that, in fact, here's another lesson from Machiavelli volume two is if you don't give it all away to the public, you know, that liberates a large part of you; that frees a large part of you to actually maintain life as a normal human, which she's about as normal a human as any supremely powerful player on the world stage has ever been because she didn't reveal everything.
The speaker discusses a lesson from Machiavelli's *The Prince*, implying that the subject of the podcast employs a similar philosophy in life, maintaining a level of privacy that allows for a more normal existence despite their powerful position.
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