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Unabridged version of THE PRINCE, by Niccolo Machiavelli and translated by N. H. Thomson, offered here for chump change.
From 1513, THE PRINCE is divided into chapters covering ruling power, be it in the office or across continents. Topics include power forms (mixed, heredity), power acquisition (with help, through criminal acts), and power aspects (bearing, flatters, secretaries).
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Contents
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DEDICATIONÂ Â Â Â Â 3
CHAPTER I: OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PRINCEDOM, AND OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY ARE ACQUIREDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3
CHAPTER II: OF HEREDITARY PRINCEDOMSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3
CHAPTER III: OF MIXED PRINCEDOMSÂ Â Â Â 4
CHAPTER IV: WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT, ON ALEXANDER’S DEATH, REBEL AGAINST HIS SUCCESSORS         7
CHAPTER V: HOW CITIES OR PROVINCES WHICH BEFORE THEIR ACQUISITION HAVE LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS ARE TO BE GOVERNEDÂ Â 8
CHAPTER VI: OF NEW PRINCEDOMS WHICH A PRINCE ACQUIRES WITH HIS OWN ARMS AND BY MERITÂ Â 9
CHAPTER VII: OF NEW PRINCEDOMS ACQUIRED BY THE AID OF OTHERS AND BY GOOD FORTUNEÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 11
CHAPTER VIII: OF THOSE WHO BY THEIR CRIMES COME TO BE PRINCESÂ Â 14
CHAPTER IX: OF THE CIVIL PRINCEDOMÂ 16
CHAPTER X: HOW THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCEDOMS SHOULD BE MEASURED 17
CHAPTER XI: OF ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCEDOMSÂ 18
CHAPTER XII: HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOLDIERS THERE ARE, AND OF MERCENARIESÂ Â Â Â 19
CHAPTER XIII: OF AUXILIARY, MIXED, AND NATIONAL ARMSÂ Â Â Â Â Â 21
CHAPTER XIV: OF THE DUTY OF A PRINCE IN RESPECT OF MILITARY AFFAIRSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 23
CHAPTER XV: OF THE QUALITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH MEN, AND MOST OF ALL PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMEDÂ Â Â Â Â Â 24
CHAPTER XVI: OF LIBERALITY AND MISERLINESSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 25
CHAPTER XVII: OF CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED OR FEAREDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 26
CHAPTER XVIII: HOW PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITHÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 27
CHAPTER XIX: THAT A PRINCE SHOULD SEEK TO ESCAPE CONTEMPT AND HATREDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 28
CHAPTER XX: WHETHER FORTRESSES, AND CERTAIN OTHER EXPEDIENTS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN HAVE RECOURSE, ARE PROFITABLE OR HURTFULÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 33
CHAPTER XXI: HOW A PRINCE SHOULD BEAR HIMSELF SO AS TO ACQUIRE REPUTATION 35
CHAPTER XXII: OF THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCESÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 36
CHAPTER XXIII: THAT FLATTERERS SHOULD BE SHUNNEDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 37
CHAPTER XXIV: WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATESÂ Â Â Â 38
CHAPTER XXV: WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS, AND HOW SHE MAY BE WITHSTOODÂ 38
CHAPTER XXVI: AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANSÂ Â 40
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