{"id":57,"date":"2024-12-18T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2025-10-15T16:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:39:43","slug":"ep-2-how-to-look-at-life-with-machiavelli","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/episodes\/ep-2-how-to-look-at-life-with-machiavelli\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 2 &#8211; How to look at life with Machiavelli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So, this is the second episode and it takes one central part of Machiavellis thought and turns it into a different perspective on not politics but life. There will be much more to talk about regarding Machiavelli at some point, for sure. But this is why Machiavelli comes tomy mind frequently, even when I am not thinking about politics. I am not sure that&#8217;s what he had in mind, but it seems really helpful to me. Hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/files\/2025\/03\/Niccolo_Machiavelli_uffizi-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60\" width=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/files\/2025\/03\/Niccolo_Machiavelli_uffizi-edited.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/files\/2025\/03\/Niccolo_Machiavelli_uffizi-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/files\/2025\/03\/Niccolo_Machiavelli_uffizi-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/files\/2025\/03\/Niccolo_Machiavelli_uffizi-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/files\/2025\/03\/Niccolo_Machiavelli_uffizi-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/files\/2025\/03\/Niccolo_Machiavelli_uffizi-edited-330x330.jpg 330w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/files\/2025\/03\/Niccolo_Machiavelli_uffizi-edited-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/files\/2025\/03\/Niccolo_Machiavelli_uffizi-edited-648x648.jpg 648w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/files\/2025\/03\/Niccolo_Machiavelli_uffizi-edited-192x192.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1051px) 100vw, 1051px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/files\/2025\/03\/Aufnahme.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>And now What? &#8211; Episode 2 \u00a9 2024&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\" target=\"_blank\">Ulrike H\u00f6ppner&nbsp;<\/a>is licensed under&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/?ref=chooser-v1\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY-ND 4.0&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/chooser-beta.creativecommons.org\/img\/cc-logo.f0ab4ebe.svg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/chooser-beta.creativecommons.org\/img\/cc-by.21b728bb.svg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/chooser-beta.creativecommons.org\/img\/cc-nd.de89fdeb.svg\"><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links and Literature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Niccolo Machiavelli 2009 (1515): The Prince. Milton Keynes: Penguin Classics. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apeiron.iulm.it\/retrieve\/handle\/10808\/4129\/46589\/Machiavelli%2C%20The%20Prince.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apeiron.iulm.it\/retrieve\/handle\/10808\/4129\/46589\/Machiavelli%2C%20The%20Prince.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cary Nedermann 2023:  Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli.&nbsp;in:The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy&nbsp;(Spring 2025 Edition). Edward N. Zalta &amp; Uri Nodelman&nbsp;(eds.), forthcoming. <a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/archives\/spr2025\/entries\/machiavelli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/archives\/spr2025\/entries\/machiavelli<\/a>\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ulrike H\u00f6ppner 2010: Thinking in Turbulent Times: On the Relevance of Sixteenth-Century Political Thought. In:&nbsp;<em>European Political Science<\/em>&nbsp;9, 291-303. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1057\/eps.2010.29\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1057\/eps.2010.29<\/a> This is behind a paywall unfortunately. If you would like a copy, feel free to contact me, for example on Bluesky  @andnowwhat.bsky.social<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photo Source<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorenzo Bartolini, CC BY-SA 3.0 <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\">http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Niccolo_Machiavelli_uffizi.jpg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, this is the second episode and it takes one central part of Machiavellis thought and turns it into a different perspective on not politics but life. There will be much more to talk about regarding Machiavelli at some point, for sure. But this is why Machiavelli comes tomy mind frequently, even when I am &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/episodes\/ep-2-how-to-look-at-life-with-machiavelli\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ep 2 &#8211; How to look at life with Machiavelli<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/115"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/andnowwhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}