The Prince (Chump Change Edition) - Rilegato

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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ISBN 10: 1640320199 ISBN 13: 9781640320192

Casa editrice: Chump Change, 1913

Riassunto

Unabridged version of THE PRINCE, by Niccolo Machiavelli and translated by N. H. Thomson, offered here for chump change.

From 1513, THE PRINCE is divided into chapters covering ruling power, be it in the office or across continents. Topics include power forms (mixed, heredity), power acquisition (with help, through criminal acts), and power aspects (bearing, flatters, secretaries).

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Contents

 

DEDICATION      3

CHAPTER I: OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PRINCEDOM, AND OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY ARE ACQUIRED                3

CHAPTER II: OF HEREDITARY PRINCEDOMS           3

CHAPTER III: OF MIXED PRINCEDOMS     4

CHAPTER IV: WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT, ON ALEXANDER’S DEATH, REBEL AGAINST HIS SUCCESSORS          7

CHAPTER V: HOW CITIES OR PROVINCES WHICH BEFORE THEIR ACQUISITION HAVE LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS ARE TO BE GOVERNED   8

CHAPTER VI: OF NEW PRINCEDOMS WHICH A PRINCE ACQUIRES WITH HIS OWN ARMS AND BY MERIT   9

CHAPTER VII: OF NEW PRINCEDOMS ACQUIRED BY THE AID OF OTHERS AND BY GOOD FORTUNE              11

CHAPTER VIII: OF THOSE WHO BY THEIR CRIMES COME TO BE PRINCES   14

CHAPTER IX: OF THE CIVIL PRINCEDOM  16

CHAPTER X: HOW THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCEDOMS SHOULD BE MEASURED 17

CHAPTER XI: OF ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCEDOMS  18

CHAPTER XII: HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOLDIERS THERE ARE, AND OF MERCENARIES     19

CHAPTER XIII: OF AUXILIARY, MIXED, AND NATIONAL ARMS       21

CHAPTER XIV: OF THE DUTY OF A PRINCE IN RESPECT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS         23

CHAPTER XV: OF THE QUALITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH MEN, AND MOST OF ALL PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED       24

CHAPTER XVI: OF LIBERALITY AND MISERLINESS                25

CHAPTER XVII: OF CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED OR FEARED           26

CHAPTER XVIII: HOW PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH         27

CHAPTER XIX: THAT A PRINCE SHOULD SEEK TO ESCAPE CONTEMPT AND HATRED             28

CHAPTER XX: WHETHER FORTRESSES, AND CERTAIN OTHER EXPEDIENTS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN HAVE RECOURSE, ARE PROFITABLE OR HURTFUL            33

CHAPTER XXI: HOW A PRINCE SHOULD BEAR HIMSELF SO AS TO ACQUIRE REPUTATION 35

CHAPTER XXII: OF THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES               36

CHAPTER XXIII: THAT FLATTERERS SHOULD BE SHUNNED               37

CHAPTER XXIV: WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES     38

CHAPTER XXV: WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS, AND HOW SHE MAY BE WITHSTOOD  38

CHAPTER XXVI: AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS   40

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Chump Change
• Data di pubblicazione: 1913
• ISBN 10: 1640320199
• ISBN 13: 9781640320192
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 42