General Fiction

The Prince

By Niccolò Machiavelli

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"The Prince" starts by describing the subject matter it will handle. In the first sentence Machiavelli uses the word "state" (Italian stato which could also mean "status") in order to neutrally cover "all forms of organisation of supreme political power, whether republican or princely". The way in which the word state came to acquire this modern type of meaning during the Renaissance has been the subject of many academic discussions, with this sentence and similar ones in the works of Machiavelli being considered particularly important. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

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GenreGeneral Fiction

Length5 hrs 9 mins

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Publish dateDec 27, 2015

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1INTRODUCTION

2YOUTH — Aet. 1-25—1469-94

3OFFICE — Aet. 25-43—1494-1512

4LITERATURE AND DEATH — Aet. 43-58—1512-27

5THE MAN AND HIS WORKS

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6DEDICATION

7CHAPTER I — HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED

8CHAPTER II — CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES

9CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES

10CHAPTER IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH

11CHAPTER V — CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED

12CHAPTER VI — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE&#x27;S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY

13CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE

14CHAPTER VIII — CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS

15CHAPTER IX — CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY

16CHAPTER X — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED

17CHAPTER XI — CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES

18CHAPTER XII — HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES

19CHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE&#x27;S OWN

20CHAPTER XIV — THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR

21CHAPTER XV — CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED

22CHAPTER XVI — CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS

23CHAPTER XVII — CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED

24CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH

25CHAPTER XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED

26CHAPTER XX — ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?

27CHAPTER XXI — HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN

28CHAPTER XXII — CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES

29CHAPTER XXIII — HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED

30CHAPTER XXIV — WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES

31CHAPTER XXV — WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER

32CHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS

33DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS ADOPTED BY THE DUKE VALENTINO WHEN MURDERING VITELLOZZO VITELLI, OLIVEROTTO DA FERMO, THE SIGNOR PAGOLO, AND THE DUKE DI GRAVINA ORSINI

34THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCA