The Prince

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise written by the Italian diplomat, philosopher, and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli in the form of a realistic instruction guide for new princes.

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# Section
1 "Cover"
2 The Prince
3 The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Prince, by Nicolo Machiavelli
4 INTRODUCTION
5 YOUTH — Æt. 1-25—1469-94

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Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise The Prince, written around 1513 but not published until 1532, five years after his death.

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Table of contents

1

"Cover"

2

The Prince

3

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Prince, by Nicolo Machiavelli

4

INTRODUCTION

5

YOUTH — Æt. 1-25—1469-94

6

OFFICE — Æt. 25-43—1494-1512

7

LITERATURE AND DEATH — Æt. 43-58—1512-27

8

THE MAN AND HIS WORKS

9

DEDICATION

10

THE PRINCE

11

CHAPTER II. CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES

12

CHAPTER III. CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES

13

CHAPTER IV. WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH

14

CHAPTER V. CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED

15

CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE’S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY

16

CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE

17

CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS

18

CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY

19

CHAPTER X. CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED

20

CHAPTER XI. CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES

21

CHAPTER XII. HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES

22

CHAPTER XIII. CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE’S OWN

23

CHAPTER XIV. THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR

24

CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED

25

CHAPTER XVI. CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS

26

CHAPTER XVII. CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED

27

CHAPTER XVIII.[1] CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH

28

CHAPTER XIX. THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED

29

CHAPTER XX. ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?

30

CHAPTER XXI. HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN

31

CHAPTER XXII. CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES

32

CHAPTER XXIII. HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED

33

CHAPTER XXIV. WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES

34

CHAPTER XXV. WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER

35

CHAPTER XXVI. AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS

36

DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS ADOPTED BY THE DUKE VALENTINO WHEN MURDERING VITELLOZZO VITELLI, OLIVEROTTO DA FERMO, THE SIGNOR PAGOLO, AND THE DUKE DI GRAVINA ORSINI

37

THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCA

38

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