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Aug 20, 2026 37 min

Machiavelli still matters

from The EI Podcast Hosted by Engelsberg Ideas

Stephen Bowd speaks to Paul Lay about why, 500 years after his death, Niccolò Machiavelli remains one of the world’s most vital political philosophers. Image: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli (1570). Credit: Alamy

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