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The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli
TreatiseItalian 1532 49k words
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Contents

1Introduction2Literature And Death3The Man And His Works4The Prince5And By What Means They Are Acquired6Concerning Hereditary Principalities7Concerning Mixed Principalities8Against The Successors Of Alexander At His Death9Lived Under Their Own Laws Before They Were Annexed10By One'S Own Arms And Ability11By The Arms Of Others Or By Good Fortune12Concerning A Civil Principality13Ought To Be Measured14Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities15Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, And One'S Own16Are Praised Or Blamed17Concerning Liberality And Meanness18To Be Loved Than Feared19Concerning The Way In Which Princes Should Keep Faith20That One Should Avoid Being Despised And Hated21Often Resort, Advantageous Or Hurtful?22How A Prince Should Conduct Himself So As To Gain Renown23Concerning The Secretaries Of Princes24How Flatterers Should Be Avoided25Why The Princes Of Italy Have Lost Their States26An Exhortation To Liberate Italy From The Barbarians27VII.28Pagolo, And The Duke Di Gravina Orsini29Nicol Machiavelli30Written By Nicolo Machiavelli31Zanobi Buondelmonti32Castruccio Castracani