The Prince (Hill Thomson)

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The Prince  (1513)  by Niccolò Machiavelli, translated by Ninian Hill Thomson

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Written in 1513, translated in 1910.

Contents

• Dedication
• Chapter I: Of the Various Kinds of Princedom, and of the Ways in Which They Are Acquired
• Chapter II: Of Hereditary Princedoms
• Chapter III: Of Mixed Princedoms
• Chapter IV: Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not, on Alexander’s Death, Rebel Against His Successors
• Chapter V: How Cities or Provinces Which Before Their Acquisition Have Lived Under Their Own Laws Are To Be Governed
• Chapter VI: Of New Princedoms Which a Prince Acquires With His Own Arms and by Merit
• Chapter VII: Of New Princedoms Acquired By the Aid of Others and By Good Fortune
• Chapter VIII: Of Those Who By Their Crimes Come to Be Princes
• Chapter IX: Of the Civil Princedom
• Chapter X: How the Strength of All Princedoms Should Be Measured
• Chapter XI: Of Ecclesiastical Princedoms
• Chapter XII: How Many Different Kinds of Soldiers There Are, and of Mercenaries
• Chapter XIII: Of Auxiliary, Mixed, and National Arms
• Chapter XIV: Of the Duty of a Prince In Respect of Military Affairs
• Chapter XV: Of the Qualities In Respect of Which Men, and Most of all Princes, Are Praised or Blamed
• Chapter XVI: Of Liberality and Miserliness
• Chapter XVII: Of Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether It Is Better To Be Loved or Feared
• Chapter XVIII: How Princes Should Keep Faith
• Chapter XIX: That a Prince Should Seek to Escape Contempt and Hatred
• Chapter XX: Whether Fortresses, and Certain Other Expedients to Which Princes Often Have Recourse, are Profitable or Hurtful
• Chapter XXI: How a Prince Should Bear Himself So As to Acquire Reputation
• Chapter XXII: Of the Secretaries of Princes
• Chapter XXIII: That Flatterers Should Be Shunned
• Chapter XXIV: Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States
• Chapter XXV: What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs, and How She May Be Withstood
• Chapter XXVI: An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians

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