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0. Recap

• The class wiki

  • tinyurl.com/hui390

• YT videos of the first two lectures

  HUI 390: Lecture from January 28, 2025

  HUI 390: Lecture from January 30, 2025

1. Machiavellian Model/Schema

• The context (ecosystem)

  • time and space
    • medicine: diagnosis and treatment
    • nature: rivers
  • morality and ethics
    • natural and positive law
    • within the context and outside of it

• Influence and force

  • the fox and the lion
  • the centaur

• Self-control

  • the violence switch

• Reason of State

  The Reason of State

2. The Prince, Chap. 6-7

• The circumstances
  • “virtue” Vs. “fortune”
• Influence without force
• The ideal Prince
  • Cesare Borgia

3. A Bronx Tale (1993)

Where to Watch the Film

• https://www.amazon.com/Bronx-Tale-Robert-Niro/dp/B01MQWIY6Q/