The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, Part 3
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 24 June 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Let’s return to a political classic and learn more about how to govern as a prince. This time, we hear why neither the rich nor the mercenary can be trusted, why it’s easy to earn the people’s faith by being nice, and the excellent word “dastardy” is used.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. |
| 0:08.0 | I hope tonight's selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep. |
| 0:18.4 | Before we begin, I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks to some new members of our Patreon family |
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| 1:25.0 | Now let's read and relax. |
| 1:30.0 | Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:35.0 | Adjust your volume. |
| 1:40.0 | Take a nice deep breath in. Let it out slowly and off we go. |
| 1:53.6 | Tonight we're responding to the request of several listeners |
| 1:58.0 | to read more of this particular work, a true classic. |
| 2:07.7 | Let's relax and sleep with more from the Prince by Nicola Machiavelli in a translation by WK Marriott, |
| 2:13.7 | F.R. History. |
| 2:15.6 | First published in 1908 by J.M. Denton's Sons Limited, |
| 2:22.1 | London and Toronto. |
| 2:25.8 | Let's pick up right where we left off at Chapter 8. |
| 2:31.0 | Let's begin. |
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