The Prince

About this eBook

Author

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527

Credits

John Bickers, David Widger and Others

Language

English

LoC Class

JC: Political science: Political theory

Subject

Political ethics -- Early works to 1800

Category

Text

eBook-No.

1232

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1232

Release Date

February 11, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Prince — by Nicolo Machiavelli — Translated by W. K. Marriott — Contents
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.YOUTH — Æt. 1-25—1469-94
5. 5.OFFICE — Æt. 25-43—1494-1512
6. 6.LITERATURE AND DEATH — Æt. 43-58—1512-27
7. 7.THE MAN AND HIS WORKS
8. 8.DEDICATION
9. 9.THE PRINCE
10. 10.CHAPTER I. HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED
11. 11.CHAPTER II. CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES
12. 12.CHAPTER III. CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES
13. 13.CHAPTER IV. WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH
14. 14.CHAPTER V. CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED
15. 15.CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE’S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY
16. 16.CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE
17. 17.CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS
18. 18.CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY
19. 19.CHAPTER X. CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED
20. 20.CHAPTER XI. CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES
21. 21.CHAPTER XII. HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES
22. 22.CHAPTER XIII. CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE’S OWN
23. 23.CHAPTER XIV. THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR
24. 24.CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED
25. 25.CHAPTER XVI. CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS
26. 26.CHAPTER XVII. CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED
27. 27.CHAPTER XVIII. [1] CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH
28. 28.CHAPTER XIX. THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED
29. 29.CHAPTER XX. ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?
30. 30.CHAPTER XXI. HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN
31. 31.CHAPTER XXII. CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIII. HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIV. WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES
34. 34.CHAPTER XXV. WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVI. AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS
36. 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. 37.THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCA — CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI 1284-1328

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