Prince Second Edition

Name: Prince Second Edition
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ISBN: 9780226500447

ISBN-10: 0226500446

ISBN-13: 9780226500447

Edition: 2nd 1998

Authors: Niccolï¿½. Machiavelli, Harvey C. Mansfield

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The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended as the first scientific treatment of politics as it is practiced rather than as it ought to be practiced. Harvey C. Mansfield's brilliant translation of this classic work, along with the new materials added for this edition, make it the definitive version of The Prince, indispensable to scholars, students, and those interested in the dark art of politics. This revised edition of Mansfield's acclaimed translation features…

Book details

List price: $12.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 0.52" wide x 0.81" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Introduction to the Mentor Edition




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 ability



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



The Duties of a Prince 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 contrive 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