The Prince

Name: The Prince
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Niccolo Machiavelli(Author)

Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Publisher)

Published on 1. February 2013

176 pages

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Introduction
The Prince
Chapter 1
How many kinds of principalities there are, and in what manner they are acquired
Chapter 2
Of hereditary principalities
Chapter 3
Of mixed principalities
Chapter 4
Why the kingdom of Darius, which was conquered by Alexander, did not revolt against the successors of Alexander after his death
Chapter 5
How cities or principalities are to be governed that previous to being conquered had lived under their own laws
Chapter 6
Of new principalities that have been acquired by the valour of the prince and by his own troops
Chapter 7
Of new principalities that have been acquired by the aid of others and by good fortune
Chapter 8
Of such as have achieved sovereignty by means of crimes
Chapter 9
Of civil principalities
Chapter 10
In what manner the power of all principalities should be measured
Chapter 11
Of ecclesiastical principalities
Chapter 12
Of the different kinds of troops, and of mercenaries
Chapter 13
Of auxiliaries, and of mixed and national troops
Chapter 14
Of the duties of a prince in relation to military matters
Chapter 15
Of the means by which men, and especially princes, win applause or incur censure
Chapter 16
Of liberality and parsimoniousness
Chapter 17
Of cruelty and clemency, and whether it is better to be loved than feared
Chapter 18
In what manner princes should keep their faith
Chapter 19
A prince must avoid being contemned and hated
Chapter 20
Whether the erection of fortresses, and many other things which princes often do, are useful or injurious
Chapter 21
How princes should conduct themselves to acquire a reputation
Chapter 22
Of the ministers of princes
Chapter 23
How to avoid flatterers
Chapter 24
The reason why the princes of Italy have lost their states
Chapter 25
Of the influence of fortune in human affairs, and how it may be counteracted
Chapter 26
Exhortation to deliver Italy from foreign barbarians
Appendices
Appendix A
The History of Florence
Appendix B (i)
Public affairs are easily managed in a city where the body of the people is not corrupt
and where equality exists, there no principality can be established
nor can a republic be established where there is no equality
Appendix B (ii)
What nations the Romans had to contend against, and with what obstinacy they defended their liberty
Appendix B (iii)
To found a new republic, or to reform entirely the old institutions of an existing one, must be the work of one man only
Appendix C
To Francesco Vettori, his benefactor
Appendix D
The Art of War
Appendix E
History of Florence
Appendix F
Of how many kinds are republics and of what sort was the Roman republic

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