The Prince
Machiavelli
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Machiavelli · 34 chapters
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Nicolo Machiavelli was born at Florence on 3rd May 1469.
His youth was concurrent with the greatness of Florence as an Italian power under the guidance of Lorenzo de’ Medici, Il Magnifico.
Chapters
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- INTRODUCTIONSample
- YOUTH — Æt. 1-25—1469-94
- OFFICE — Æt. 25-43—1494-1512
- Chapter
- THE MAN AND HIS WORKS
- DEDICATION
- CHAPTER I. HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED
- CHAPTER II. CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES
- CHAPTER III. CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES
- CHAPTER IV. WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH
- CHAPTER V. CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED
- CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE’S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY
- CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE
- CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS
- CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY
- CHAPTER X. CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED
- CHAPTER XI. CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES
- CHAPTER XII. HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES
- CHAPTER XIII. CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE’S OWN
- CHAPTER XIV. THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR
- CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED
- CHAPTER XVI. CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS
- CHAPTER XVII. CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED
- CHAPTER XVIII.[1] CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH
- CHAPTER XIX. THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED
- CHAPTER XX. ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?
- CHAPTER XXI. HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN
- CHAPTER XXII. CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES
- CHAPTER XXIII. HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED
- CHAPTER XXIV. WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES
- CHAPTER XXV. WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER
- CHAPTER XXVI. AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS
- Chapter
- THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCA