THE PRINCEFront matterNiccolò Machiavelli·1 min read·1 of 36Chapter navigation36 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterIntroductory materialINTRODUCTIONYOUTH — Æt. 1-25—1469-94OFFICE — Æt. 25-43—1494-1512LITERATURE AND DEATH — Æt. 43-58—1512-27THE MAN AND HIS WORKSDEDICATIONChapter I · HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIREDChapter II · CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIESChapter III · CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIESChapter IV · WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATHChapter V · CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXEDChapter VI · CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE’S OWN ARMS AND ABILITYChapter 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 WICKEDNESSChapter IX · CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITYChapter X · CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASUREDChapter XI · CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIESChapter XII · HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIESChapter XIII · CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE’S OWNChapter 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 BLAMEDChapter XVI · CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESSChapter XVII · CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEAREDChapter XVIII · [1] CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITHChapter XIX · THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATEDChapter 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 PRINCESChapter XXIII · HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDEDChapter XXIV · WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATESChapter XXV · WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HERChapter XXVI · AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANSDESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS ADOPTED BY THE DUKE VALENTINO WHEN MURDERING VITELLOZZO VITELLI, OLIVEROTTO DA FERMO, THE SIGNOR PAGOLO, AND THE DUKE DI GRAVINA ORSINITHE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCABeginning of this editionNext chapter →Introductory materialAll chapters and sections (36)Opening pagesFront matterIntroductory materialOther sectionsINTRODUCTIONYOUTH — Æt. 1-25—1469-94OFFICE — Æt. 25-43—1494-1512LITERATURE AND DEATH — Æt. 43-58—1512-27THE MAN AND HIS WORKSDEDICATIONChapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526Other sectionsDESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS ADOPTED BY THE DUKE VALENTINO WHEN MURDERING VITELLOZZO VITELLI, OLIVEROTTO DA FERMO, THE SIGNOR PAGOLO, AND THE DUKE DI GRAVINA ORSINITHE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCATranslated by W. K. Marriott✦You’ve reached the end of this chapter.Back to the bookNext chapter W. K. (William Kenaz) Marriott translation