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Niccolo Machiavelli

3 essays where Niccolo Machiavelli sits on the council. Niccolo weighs in on authenticity, self-betrayal, regret. Read what Niccolo would tell you.

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Career

What Do You Do When Getting Ahead Requires Becoming Someone You're Not?

Three thinkers on career and identity. Machiavelli says adaptation is not betrayal. Dostoevsky knows when the soul is lying. Horney asks whose "you" you're protecting.

Niccolo MachiavelliFyodor DostoevskyKaren Horneyauthenticityself-betrayal

Career

What Do You Do When You've Built the Wrong Life?

Three thinkers on regret and redirection. James says the self is made of habit and can change. Machiavelli says look for the actual leverage. Woolf asks if any of it is yours.

William JamesNiccolo MachiavelliVirginia WoolfRegretChangeIdentity

Ethics

Is Loyalty Always a Virtue?

Three thinkers disagree about blind loyalty. Machiavelli asks what the situation requires. Havel asks what you refuse to say. Wollstonecraft asks who benefits.

Niccolo MachiavelliVaclav HavelMary WollstonecraftLoyaltyIntegrityIndependence

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Fyodor Dostoevsky Karen Horney Mary Wollstonecraft Vaclav Havel Virginia Woolf William James Change Identity Independence Integrity Loyalty Regret authenticity self-betrayal

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