Prince

Name: Prince
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ISBN: 9780300064032

ISBN-10: 0300064039

ISBN-13: 9780300064032

Edition: 1997

Authors: Niccolï¿½. Machiavelli, Angelo Codevilla, William B. Allen, Hadley Hades, Carnes Lord

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A classic of the Western tradition, Machiavelli's The Prince has influenced political and philosophical thought since its publication four centuries ago. This translation is faithful to the tone of the original work.

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 7/21/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.83" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Chronology


Map


Introduction



Further Reading


Translator's Note


Letter to the Magnificent Lorenzo de Medici



How many kinds of principality there are and the ways in which they are acquired



Hereditary principalities



Composite principalities



Why the kingdom of Darius conquered by Alexander did not rebel against his successors after his death



How cities or principalities which lived under their own laws should be administered after being conquered



New principalities acquired by one's own arms and prowess



New principalities acquired with the help of fortune and foreign arms



Those who come to power by crime



The constitutional principality



How the strength of every principality should be measured



Ecclesiastical principalities



Military organization and mercenary troops



Auxiliary, composite, and native troops



How a prince should organize his militia



The things for which men, and especially princes, are praised or blamed



Generosity and parsimony



Cruelty and compassion; and whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse



How princes should honour their word



The need to avoid contempt and hatred



Whether fortresses and many of the other present-day expedients to which princes have recourse are useful or not



How a prince must act to win honour



A prince's personal staff



How flatterers must be shunned



Why the Italian princes have lost their states



How far human affairs are governed by fortune, and how fortune can be opposed



Exhortation to liberate Italy from the barbarians


Glossary of Proper Names


Notes