The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
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Language: English
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About this eBook
- Author
- Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
- Credits
- Marc D’Hooghe
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- JC: Political science: Political theory
- Subject
- Political ethics -- Early works to 1800
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 57037
- Release Date
- April 23, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE PRINCE — BY
- 2.NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI — TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY — LUIGI RICCI — HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE CAPETOWN BOMBAY CALCUTTA AND MADRAS — PREFACE — CONTENTS — NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI — LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT — THE PRINCE — THE VARIOUS KINDS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE WAYS BY WHICH THEY ARE ESTABLISHED — OF HEREDITARY MONARCHIES — OF MIXED MONARCHIES — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, OCCUPIED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF THE LATTER AFTER HIS DEATH. — THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR DOMINIONS THAT, PREVIOUS TO BEING OCCUPIED, LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS. — OF NEW DOMINIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY ONE'S OWN ARMS AND POWERS — OF NEW DOMINIONS ACQUIRED BY THE POWER OF OTHERS OR BY FORTUNE — OF THOSE WHO HAVE ATTAINED THE POSITION OF PRINCE BY VILLAINY — OF THE CIVIC PRINCIPALITY — HOW THE STRENGTH OF ALL STATES SHOULD BE MEASURED — OF ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES — THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MILITIA AND MERCENARY SOLDIERS — OF AUXILIARY, MIXED, AND NATIVE TROOPS — WHAT THE DUTIES OF A PRINCE ARE WITH REGARD TO THE MILITIA — OF THE THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED — OF LIBERALITY AND NIGGARDLINESS — OF CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED OR FEARED — IN WHAT WAY PRINCES MUST KEEP FAITH — THAT WE MUST AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED — WHETHER FORTRESSES AND OTHER THINGS WHICH PRINCES OFTEN MAKE ARE USEFUL OR INJURIOUS — HOW A PRINCE MUST ACT IN ORDER TO GAIN REPUTATION — OF THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES — HOW FLATTERERS MUST BE SHUNNED — WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES — HOW MUCH FORTUNE CAN DO IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW IT MAY BE OPPOSED — EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS — THE END
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