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20 years after the publication of Vital Remnants: America’s Founding and the Western Tradition, a book that set out to help America remember her vital roots in the western tradition, Dr. Gary L. Gregg II takes up the title of Vital Remnants once more to continue the mission of serving the future by remembering, thinking about, and learning from the great thinkers of the past. Join Dr. Gregg as he guides listeners through some of the most important texts in human history. Whether you are looking for help in reaching a long abandoned reading goal and continuing your life-long learning, or looking for leadership and life lessons from something deeper than the latest self-help book, Gregg brings a quarter of a century's worth of experience teaching leadership to help you along the way. Vital Remnants from our shared past await to inspire, encourage, and teach us today just as they changed the world we have inherited.

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  2. 5. Machiavelli's The Prince | On War, Money, & Reputation

5. Machiavelli's The Prince | On War, Money, & Reputation

Nov 15, 2019

In today’s episode, Dr. Gary Gregg covers the next five great leadership lessons of Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince. These lessons include the following: money alone will not incentivize men to make great sacrifices; leaders should care only for war (prepare for war during peace in order to be ready when future troubles arise); leaders should learn how not to be good; it is impossible to obtain a perfect reputation, but one must avoid dangerous epitaphs; and the importance of controlling wealth while still building a reputation of generosity.

Target 5 Reading: Chapters 11-15, pp. 45-62 of Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince, Second Edition, Translated and with an Introduction by Harvey C. Mansfield (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998)

Download Dr. Gregg's Guide to The Prince here

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Intro: Natalie Smith, McConnell Center Civic Education Coordinator 

Host: Dr. Gary L. Gregg II, McConnell Center Director

Producer: Connor Tracy, McConnell Center SBS Coordinator