The Prince

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The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.

Contents

• The Prince5
• Translated by W. K. Marriott5
• INTRODUCTION10
• YOUTH — Æt. 1-25—1469-9411
• OFFICE — Æt. 25-43—1494-151213
• LITERATURE AND DEATH — Æt. 43-58—1512-2716
• THE MAN AND HIS WORKS19
• DEDICATION23
• THE PRINCE25
• CHAPTER I. HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED26
• CHAPTER II. CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES27
• CHAPTER III. CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES28
• CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE’S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY40
• CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE43
• CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS50
• CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY54
• CHAPTER X. CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED57
• CHAPTER XI. CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES59
• CHAPTER XII. HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES62
• CHAPTER XIII. CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE’S OWN67
• CHAPTER XIV. THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR71
• CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED74
• CHAPTER XVI. CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS76
• CHAPTER XVII. CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED78
• CHAPTER XVIII.[1] CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH81
• CHAPTER XIX. THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED84
• CHAPTER XX. ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?92
• CHAPTER XXI. HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN96
• CHAPTER XXII. CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES100
• CHAPTER XXIII. HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED102
• CHAPTER XXIV. WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES104
• CHAPTER XXV. WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER106
• CHAPTER XXVI. AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS109
• THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCA119
• CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI 1284-1328119
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE142

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