Prince

Name: Prince
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ISBN: 9780393962208

ISBN-10: 0393962202

ISBN-13: 9780393962208

Edition: 2nd 1992

Authors: Niccolï¿½. Machiavelli, Niccolï¿½ Machiavelli, Robert M. Adams

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Classic, Renaissance-era guide to acquiring and maintaining political power. Today, nearly 500 years after it was written, this calculating prescription for autocratic rule continues to be much read and studied.

Book details

List price: $9.25
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/17/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 0.51" wide x 0.85" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.748
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