A century after Machiavelli redefined power, another thinker faced a different kind of chaos, civil war.

In this second episode, we enter the mind of one of history’s most profound and unsettling thinkers, Thomas Hobbes, the philosopher who redefined political order in a time of chaos. We explore how Hobbes transformed fear into the foundation of order, reason into the architect of peace, and government into the necessary answer to humanity’s own instability.

Written in 1651, amid the turbulence of England’s Civil War, Leviathan asks a timeless question: What drives human beings to surrender freedom and create government?

Hobbes begins in the state of nature, a world without common power, law or authority, and leads us toward the social contract, the birth of political society and sovereign power.

🎧 In this episode:

• The philosopher forged by England’s Civil War

• The state of nature and the logic of perpetual war

• The right of nature and the laws of reason

• The social contract and creation of the Leviathan state

• The limits of absolute power and Hobbes’s enduring legacy

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Five centuries ago, a Florentine diplomat named Niccolò Machiavelli wrote a small book that changed the world’s understanding of power — The Prince.

In this first episode of Timeless Thinkers, we explore how Machiavelli’s work redefined power, politics, morality, and leadership, turning idealistic visions of justice into the hard reality of political survival.

The Prince wasn’t written for dreamers; it was written for survivors. It’s a manual for navigating ambition, betrayal, and the use of power in a world ruled by human weakness.

🎧 In this episode:
• The life and fall of Machiavelli — the man behind The Prince
• The revolutionary break from moral idealism
• His view of human nature and why power demands realism
• Virtù and fortuna — the art of action and the role of chance
• Why Machiavelli still matters in today’s politics and leadership

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🎧 Timeless Thinkers Studio brings to life the book summaries, ideas, and philosophies of history’s greatest minds — exploring how their wisdom continues to shape our world.

🏛️ Produced by: Timeless Thinkers Studio

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