| Introduction |
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| Niccolo Machiavelli to the Magnificent Lorenzo de' Medici |
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I The Kinds of Principalities and the Means by Which They Are Acquired |
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13 | (1) |
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II Hereditary Principalities |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (7) |
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IV Why Alexander's Successors Were Able to Keep Possession of Darius' Kingdom after Alexander's Death |
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21 | (3) |
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V How to Govern Cities and Principalities That, Prior to Being Occupied, Lived Under Their Own Laws |
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24 | (1) |
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VI Concerning New Principalities Acquired by One's Own Arms and Ability |
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25 | (3) |
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VII Concerning New Principalities Acquired with the Arms and Fortunes of Others |
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28 | (7) |
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VIII Concerning Those Who Become Princes by Evil Means |
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35 | (4) |
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IX Concerning the Civil Principality |
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39 | (3) |
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X How the Strength of All Principalities Should Be Measured |
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42 | (2) |
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XI Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities |
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44 | (2) |
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XII Concerning Various Kinds of Troops, and Especially Mercenaries |
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46 | (4) |
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XIII Concerning Auxiliary, Mixed, and Native Forces |
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50 | (3) |
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XIV A Prince's Concern in Military Matters |
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53 | (3) |
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XV Concerning Things for Which Men, and Princes Especially, Are Praised or Censured |
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56 | (1) |
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XVI Concerning Liberality and Parsimony |
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57 | (2) |
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XVII Concerning Cruelty: Whether It Is Better to Be Loved Than to Be Feared, or the Reverse |
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59 | (3) |
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XVIII In What Way Princes Should Keep Their Word |
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62 | (2) |
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XIX How to Avoid Contempt and Hatred |
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64 | (9) |
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XX Whether Fortresses and Many Other Expedients That Princes Commonly Employ Are Useful or Not |
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73 | (3) |
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XXI What a Prince Must Do to Be Esteemed |
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76 | (3) |
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XXII Concerning the Prince's Ministers |
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79 | (2) |
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XXIII How to Avoid Flatterers |
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81 | (1) |
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XXIV Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States |
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82 | (2) |
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XXV Concerning the Influence of Fortune in Human Affairs, and the Manner in Which It Is to Be Resisted |
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84 | (3) |
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XXVI An Exhortation to Free Italy from the Hands of the Barbarians |
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| Discourses Upon the First Ten Books of Titus Livy BOOK ONE |
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II Of the Various Kinds of States and of What Kind the Roman Republic Was |
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III The Events That Led to the Creation of the Tribunes of the Plebs, by Which the Roman Republic Became More Perfect |
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IV That the Disorders Between the Plebs and the Senate Made the Roman Republic Strong and Free |
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97 | (2) |
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X Founders of Republics and Kingdoms Are As Much to Be Praised As Founders of Tyrannies Are to Be Censured |
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99 | (3) |
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XI On the Religion of the Romans |
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102 | (3) |
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XII The Importance with Which Religion Must Be Regarded and How Italy, Lacking It, Thanks to the Church of Rome, Has Been Ruined |
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105 | (3) |
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LVIII The Multitude Is Wiser and More Constant Than a Prince |
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108 | (5) |
| BOOK TWO |
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II The People the Romans Had to Fight, and How Obstinately They Defended Their Freedom |
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113 | (6) |
| BOOK THREE |
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119 | (4) |
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XXI How It Happened That Hannibal Gained the Same Results in Italy As Scipio Did in Spain by Contrary Means |
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119 | (2) |
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XLI That One's Country Ought to Be Defended, Whether with Shame or Glory, by Whatever Means Possible |
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121 | (2) |
| Chronology |
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123 | (2) |
| Notes to The Prince |
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125 | (17) |
| Notes to The Discourses |
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142 | (4) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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