pt. 1: Disc 1. Lecture 1. Who is Machiavelli? Why does he matter? Lecture 2. Machiavelli's Florence --
Disc 2. Lecture 3. Classical thought in Renaissance Florence. Lecture 4. The life of Niccolò Machiavelli --
Disc 5. Lecture 5. Why did Machiavelli write The prince? Lecture 6. The prince, 1-5, republics old and new --
Disc 4. Lecture 7. The prince, 6-7, virtù and Fortuna. Lecture 8. The prince, 8-12, the prince and power --
Disc 5. Lecture 9. The prince, 13-16, the art of being a prince. Lecture 10. The prince, 17-21, the lion and the fox --
Disc 6. Lecture 11. The prince, 21-26, fortune and foreigners. Lecture 12. Livy, the Roman Republic, and Machiavelli.
pt. 2: Disc 7. Lecture 13. Discourses, why Machiavelli is a republican. Lecture 14. Discourses, the workings of a good republic --
Disc 8. Lecture 15. Discourses, lessons from Rome. Lecture 16. Discourses, a principality or a republic? --
Disc 9. Lecture 17. Discourses, the qualities of a good republic. Lecture 18. Discourses, a republic at war --
Disc 10. Lecture 19. Discourses, can republics last? Lecture 20. Discourses, conspiracies and other dangers --
Disc 11. Lecture 21. Florentine histories, the growth of Florence. Lecture 22. Florentine histories, the age of the Medici --
Disc 12. Lecture 23. The fate of Machiavelli's works. Lecture 24. Was Machiavelli a Machiavellian?