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Every book Graeme Garrard recommended on podcasts
Books recommended by Graeme Garrard
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Leviathan
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes is a foundational 17th-century political treatise exploring the social contract and the necessity of absolute state power to avoid a chaotic state of nature.
Discussed“he lived during the English Civil War and he wrote his masterpiece Leviathan in response to the English Civil Wars have traumatized him”
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The prince
The Prince is a classic sixteenth-century political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli that offers a pragmatic, unsentimental guide on how political leaders can acquire, maintain, and wield power.
Discussed“it was only after that that he wrote his his books the books for which he's most famous the prince for example”
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Books Graeme Garrard wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| How To Think Politically - Graeme Garrard - #107 | Modern Wisdom | 2019-09-30 | 2 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book How to Think Politically
“one of the points I make in this book my co-author and I is that that isn't the whole story”