William Connell

Historian: Renaissance, Italy, Italian Americans, Immigration History, Politics, Arts & Letters. Andrew Carnegie Fellow.

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The inverted advice of Machiavelli https://t.co/l3wbfOx1He

[Jonathan Fine @jonathanbfine]

Heidegger’s Frage nach der Technik is about VAR.

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@Tim_Schmalz @DrDuncanBell @SidneySussex @CamHistory @camedieval So sorry to hear.

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@JamesWHankins1 @EncounterBooks @CLT_Exam @ufhamilton @powerlineblog @ClaremontInst A great essay indeed. Bravo.

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Published in the UK in the fall, it's nice to see this book, with my chapter on Machiavelli, now available in the US.

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@olivertraldi https://t.co/oSOE0LG911

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@alexpriou Looking forward to your report!

[William Connell @wj_connell]

My exchange with Harvey Mansfield (my review, his reply, my response) appears in the Review of Politics, 88.1 (Winter 2026), pp. 105-112. https://t.co/8NFIMZENZL

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@JamesWHankins1 «  Age of Paine » is a great label, though. Backward thanks to John Adams. The guy’s writings changed history, in important ways, some of them beneficial. « Age of » reminds me of Trevor-Roper much later calling the 16th century the « Age of Erasmus ». Candidates for own time?

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@gabridli Just got it too. Will be interesting to see what comes of it.

[Annie @AnnieWithBooks]

@wj_connell @TheTLS Oh this book looks so good and Machiavelli is one of my favourite philosophers to read about. I must get this book

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Happy to have written the chapter on Machiavelli. A good book.

[The TLS @TheTLS]

How a dozen different, fascinating philosophers shaped our ideas about right and wrong. Good and Evil: 12 Philosophers on How to Live (TLS Books), edited by Andrew Irwin and introduced by @RoryStewartUK, is on sale now: https://t.co/iawJa1czTb

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@nypost Another instance of the “Columbus Jinx” ? And the Post calls it a ‘pirate ship”….

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@JoyceCarolOates I grew up in Stonington. A heart-place.

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@Sisto_Sesto Just purchased!

[C.P. Cavafy @CCavafy]

“And as they proceed with their investigation,
they keep finding waste, and call for its elimination;
things, however, that are hard to do without.”

– C.P. Cavafy, “In a Large Greek Colony, 200 B.C.”, translated by @DAMendelsohnNYC

#poetry #cavafy

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@stefanovil E’ una tragedia, secondo me, sia per l’inglese sia per le altre lingue, questa tirannia. Bo…

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@jagwoolf @woolf_atthedoor And wonderful to share it with you!! Onward dear Julie!

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Worth noting.

[Thomas C. Theiner @noclador]

🇬🇧 British Army (74k troops): We have a "recruiting crisis". There are too few volunteers. People don't want to join the military.

🇮🇹 Italian Army (94k troops): 9,800 volunteers joined and we had to send 59,000 volunteers away, because we hit our annual recruiting goal in March.

[C.P. Cavafy @CCavafy]

“Outside, the people hear nothing at all.”

– C.P. Cavafy, “But Wise Men Apprehend What Is Imminent”, translated by @DAMendelsohnNYC

#poetry #cavafy

[William Connell @wj_connell]

On 25 October we'll have a friendly discussion of the Medici family and its political role in Florence. Should be great fun. Courtesy of the Medici Archive Project.