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1 online resource |
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First Avenue Classics Ser |
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First Avenue Classics Ser
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| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Introduction; Youth Aet. 1-25 / 1469-94; Office Aet. 25-43 / 1494-1512; Literature and Death Aet. 43-58 / 1512-27; The Man and His Works; Dedication; 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 |
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Chapter 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 Ability; Chapter VII Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Either by the Arms of Others or by Good Fortune; Chapter 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 |
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Chapter XII How Many Kinds of Soldiery There Are, and Concerning MercenariesChapter XIII Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One's Own; Chapter XIV That Which Concerns a Prince on the Subject of the Art of War; Chapter 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 |
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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 Renown; Chapter 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 |
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Description 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 Lucca; Back Cover |
| Summary |
In this sixteenth-century treatise to aspiring rulers, Italian author Niccol Ģ£Machiavelli describes how to gain and maintain power, unencumbered by moral conventions. First published in 1532, this unabridged version is taken from the 1908 translation by W.K. Marriott |
| Notes |
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Political science -- Early works to 1800.
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Political ethics.
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Power (Social sciences)
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Republicanism.
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Kings and rulers
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kings (people)
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royalties (compensation)
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tsars.
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rulers (people)
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Kings and rulers
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Political ethics
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Political science
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Power (Social sciences)
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Republicanism
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| SUBJECT |
Italy -- Kings and rulers.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068993
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Italy
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781467798228 |
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1467798223 |
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9781467792929 |
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1467792926 |
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9781467798235 |
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1467798231 |
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