How Much Does Machiavelli Matter Today?

Classical 89 Thinking Aloud Interview: http://www.classical89.org/thinkingaloud/past.asp?d=7/7/2008

"The authentic Machiavelli,” says one daring scholar, “is one who subordinates personal interests for the common good…”

If that’s true, it turns common wisdom on its head, and makes a saint out of a sinner.

Who was Machiavelli, and how much do his ideas still matter today. A historian’s view, on our next Thinking Aloud

Learning How to Look: Emerson

Listen to this Interview: http://www.classical89.org/thinkingaloud/past.asp?d=5/19/2008

Ralph Waldo Emerson is considered one of the greatest thinkers of the mid-19th Century. Dr. Carl Sederholm joins us to examine Emerson's major writings and then trace out his influence on selected writers, poets, and painters of the late 19th Century. Sederholm addresses two primary questions: (1) How does Emerson teach us to interpret literature, nature, art, and the world? (2) How were Emerson's writings transformed into artistic expression?