The Prince
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Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following observations, be Machiavellian as we understand the disparaging term?1. So it is that to know the nature of a people, one need be a Prince; to know the nature of a Prince, one need to be of the people.2. If a Prince is not given to vices that make him hated, it is unsusal for his subjects to show their affection for him.3. Opportunity made Moses, Cyrus, Romulus, Theseus, and others; their virtue domi-nated the opportunity, making their homelands noble and happy. Armed prophets win; the disarmed ...
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- THE PRINCE
- NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI
- TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY LUIGI RICCI HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE CAPETOWN BOMBAY CALCUTTA AND MADRAS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI
- LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT
- THE PRINCE
- 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 POWERS
- 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
- WHAT THE DUTIES OF A PRINCE ARE 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 MAKE 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
- THE END
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