The Prince / Niccolò Machiavelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527, author.

Standardized Title:

Il principe

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Great books of the Western world.

Political science--Early works to 1800.

Political science.

Political ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Open Road Integrated Media, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The world's most influential-and controversial-treatise on politicsComposed in exile and published posthumously, The Prince is Niccolò Machiavelli's legacy and the foundation of modern political theory. Drawing on his firsthand experiences as a diplomat and military commander in the Florentine Republic, Machiavelli disregards the rhetorical flourishes and sentimentality typically found in sixteenth-century mirrors for princes-guides instructing noblemen in the fine art of ruling-and gets straight to practical matters: how to eliminate rivals, when to use force, whether it is better to be loved

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; INTRODUCTION; 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 THAT 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 FORTUNECHAPTER 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 WARCHAPTER 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?

CHAPTER XXI - HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWNCHAPTER XXII - CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES; CHAPTER XXIII - HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED; CHAPTER XXIV - WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES; CHAPTER XXV - WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER; CHAPTER XXVI - AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS; DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS ADOPTED BY THE DUKE VALENTINO WHEN MURDERING VITELLOZZO VITELLI, OLIVEROTTO DA FERMO, THE SIGNOR PAGOLO, AND THE DUKE DI GRAVINA ORSINI; THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCA

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Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

9781480427983

1480427985

OCLC:

892798388