Lezioni di storia. I volti del potere (Annullata)

Power has a dual effect. It has united or divided human beings; it has married justice or showed itself in its brutal form. Power has gone through history in the most diverse forms, materializing in a small number of people, who today represent eternal symbols. In the past as well today, the power does not personify itself just in the actions of some astute liars, crowd pleasers or cruel dictators: numerous are its faces and the instruments to exercise it. Six big historians will tell us what happened over the centuries.

MAURIZIO VIROLI
MACHIAVELLI, IL POTERE DELLA PAROLA E DELLE ARMI

On the scene of a politic action, a powerful man has to be able to exert leverage on both ambitions and weaknesses of his interlocutors, by moving with intelligence and cleverness across positive moments as well as in unexpected change of fortune. In achieving your goals, the strength of words is not less important than weapons. This is a message that came to us from the classic and humanistic rhetoric, but prove itself current even in the epoch of communication.