The Prince

In: First Avenue Classics Ser

In: First Avenue Classics (tm) Ser.

Abstract

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Youth Aet. 1-25 / 1469-94 -- Office Aet. 25-43 / 1494-1512 -- Literature and Death Aet. 43-58 / 1512-27 -- The Man and His Works -- Dedication -- Chapter I How Many Kinds of Principalities There Are, and by What Means They Are Acquired -- Chapter II Concerning Hereditary Principalities -- Chapter III Concerning Mixed Principalities -- Chapter IV Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not Rebel Against the Successors of Alexander at His Death -- Chapter V Concerning the Way to Govern Cities or Principalities Which Lived Under Their Own Laws Before They Were Annexed -- Chapter VI Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired by One's Own Arms and Ability -- Chapter VII Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Either by the Arms of Others or by Good Fortune -- Chapter VIII Concerning Those Who Have Obtained a Principality by Wickedness -- Chapter IX Concerning a Civil Principality -- Chapter X Concerning the Way in Which the Strength of All Principalities Ought to be Measured -- Chapter XI Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities -- Chapter XII How Many Kinds of Soldiery There Are, and Concerning Mercenaries -- Chapter XIII Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One's Own -- Chapter XIV That Which Concerns a Prince on the Subject of the Art of War -- Chapter XV Concerning Things for Which Men, and Especially Princes, Are Praised or Blamed -- Chapter XVI Concerning Liberality and Meanness -- Chapter XVII Concerning Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether it is Better to be Loved Than Feared -- Chapter XVIII Concerning the Way in Which Princes Should Keep Faith -- Chapter XIX That One Should Avoid Being Despised and Hated -- Chapter XX Are Fortresses, and Many Other Things to Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous or Hurtful?