The Prince
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1. Front matter2. Introductory material3. INTRODUCTION4. YOUTH — Æt. 1-25—1469-945. OFFICE — Æt. 25-43—1494-15126. LITERATURE AND DEATH — Æt. 43-58—1512-277. THE MAN AND HIS WORKS8. DEDICATION9. CHAPTER I. HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED10. CHAPTER II. CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES11. CHAPTER III. CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES12. CHAPTER IV. WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH13. CHAPTER V. CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED14. CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE’S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY15. CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE16. CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS17. CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY18. CHAPTER X. CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED19. CHAPTER XI. CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES20. CHAPTER XII. HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES21. CHAPTER XIII. CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE’S OWN22. CHAPTER XIV. THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR23. CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED24. CHAPTER XVI. CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS25. CHAPTER XVII. CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED26. CHAPTER XVIII.[1] CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH27. CHAPTER XIX. THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED28. CHAPTER XX. ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?29. CHAPTER XXI. HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN30. CHAPTER XXII. CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES31. CHAPTER XXIII. HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED32. CHAPTER XXIV. WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES33. CHAPTER XXV. WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER34. CHAPTER XXVI. AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS35. DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS ADOPTED BY THE DUKE VALENTINO WHEN MURDERING VITELLOZZO VITELLI, OLIVEROTTO DA FERMO, THE SIGNOR PAGOLO, AND THE DUKE DI GRAVINA ORSINI36. THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCA