The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Youth — Æt. 1-25—1469-94
  3. Office — Æt. 25-43—1494-1512
  4. Literature and Death — Æt. 43-58—1512-27
  5. The Man and His Works
  6. Dedication
  7. Chapter I. How Many Kinds of Principalities There Are, and by What Means They Are Acquired
  8. Chapter II. Concerning Hereditary Principalities
  9. Chapter III. Concerning Mixed Principalities
  10. Chapter IV. Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not Rebel Against the Successors of Alexander at His Death
  11. Chapter V. Concerning the Way to Govern Cities or Principalities Which Lived Under Their Own Laws Before They Were Annexed
  12. Chapter VI. Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired by One’s Own Arms and Ability
  13. Chapter VII. Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Either by the Arms of Others or by Good Fortune
  14. Chapter VIII. Concerning Those Who Have Obtained a Principality by Wickedness
  15. Chapter IX. Concerning a Civil Principality
  16. Chapter X. Concerning the Way in Which the Strength of All Principalities Ought to Be Measured
  17. Chapter XI. Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities
  18. Chapter XII. How Many Kinds of Soldiery There Are, and Concerning Mercenaries
  19. Chapter XIII. Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One’s Own
  20. Chapter XIV. That Which Concerns a Prince on the Subject of the Art of War
  21. Chapter XV. Concerning Things for Which Men, and Especially Princes, Are Praised or Blamed
  22. Chapter XVI. Concerning Liberality and Meanness
  23. Chapter XVII. Concerning Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether It Is Better to Be Loved Than Feared
  24. Chapter XVIII. Concerning the Way in Which Princes Should Keep Faith
  25. Chapter XIX. That One Should Avoid Being Despised and Hated
  26. Chapter XX. Are Fortresses, and Many Other Things to Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous or Hurtful?
  27. Chapter XXI. How a Prince Should Conduct Himself So as to Gain Renown
  28. Chapter XXII. Concerning the Secretaries of Princes
  29. Chapter XXIII. How Flatterers Should Be Avoided
  30. Chapter XXIV. Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States
  31. Chapter XXV. What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs and How to Withstand Her
  32. Chapter XXVI. An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians
  33. 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
  34. The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca

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