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The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Youth — Æt. 1-25 — 1469-94
  3. 3Office — Æt. 25-43 — 1494-1512
  4. 4Literature and Death — Æt. 43-58 — 1512-27
  5. 5The Man and His Works
  6. 6Dedication
  7. 7Chapter I — How Many Kinds of Principalities There Are, and by What…
  8. 8Chapter II — Concerning Hereditary Principalities
  9. 9Chapter III — Concerning Mixed Principalities
  10. 10Chapter IV — Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did…
  11. 11Chapter V — Concerning the Way to Govern Cities or Principalities W…
  12. 12Chapter VI — Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired by On…
  13. 13Chapter VII — Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Eith…
  14. 14Chapter VIII — Concerning Those Who Have Obtained a Principality by…
  15. 15Chapter IX — Concerning a Civil Principality
  16. 16Chapter X — Concerning the Way in Which the Strength of All Princip…
  17. 17Chapter XI — Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities
  18. 18Chapter XII — How Many Kinds of Soldiery There Are, and Concerning…
  19. 19Chapter XIII — Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One’s Own
  20. 20Chapter XIV — That Which Concerns a Prince on the Subject of the Ar…
  21. 21Chapter XV — Concerning Things for Which Men, and Especially Prince…
  22. 22Chapter XVI — Concerning Liberality and Meanness
  23. 23Chapter XVII — Concerning Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether It Is B…
  24. 24Chapter XVIII — Concerning the Way in Which Princes Should Keep Faith
  25. 25Chapter XIX — That One Should Avoid Being Despised and Hated
  26. 26Chapter XX — Are Fortresses, and Many Other Things to Which Princes…
  27. 27Chapter XXI — How a Prince Should Conduct Himself So as to Gain Renown
  28. 28Chapter XXII — Concerning the Secretaries of Princes
  29. 29Chapter XXIII — How Flatterers Should Be Avoided
  30. 30Chapter XXIV — Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States
  31. 31Chapter XXV — What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs and How to W…
  32. 32Chapter XXVI — An Exhortation to Liberate Italy From the Barbarians
  33. 33The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca

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