Machiavelli, Nicolo . The Prince
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  • Front Matter
  • Letter NICOLO MACHIAVELLI TO THE MAGNIFICENT LORENZO DI PIERO DE MEDICI
  • Chapter 1 CHAPTER I HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED
  • Chapter 2 CHAPTER II CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES
  • Chapter 3 CHAPTER III CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES
  • Chapter 4 CHAPTER IV WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH
  • Chapter 5 CHAPTER V CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED
  • Chatper 6 CHAPTER VI CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE'S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY
  • Chapter 7 CHAPTER VII CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE
  • Chapter 8 CHAPTER VIII CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS
  • Chapter 9 CHAPTER IX CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY
  • Chapter 10 CHAPTER X CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED
  • Chapter 11 CHAPTER XI CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES
  • Chapter 12 CHAPTER XII HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES
  • Chapter 13 CHAPTER XIII CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE'S OWN
  • Chapter 14 CHAPTER XIV THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR
  • Chapter 15 CHAPTER XV CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED
  • Chapter 16 CHAPTER XVI CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS
  • Chapter 17 CHAPTER XVII CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED
  • Chapter 18 CHAPTER XVIII CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH
  • Chapter 19 CHAPTER XIX THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED
  • Chapter 20 CHAPTER XX ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?
  • Chapter 21 CHAPTER XXI HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN
  • Chapter 22 CHAPTER XXII CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES
  • Chapter 23 CHAPTER XXIII HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED
  • Chapter 24 CHAPTER XXIV THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES
  • Chapter 25 CHAPTER XXV WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS, AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER
  • Chapter 26 CHAPTER XXVI AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS