Nicolo Machiavelli
The Prince
First published 1515
Translated by W. K. Marriott
Table of Contents
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
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
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
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