04315nam 2200541 450 991078708390332120230124192713.01-4804-2798-5(CKB)3710000000232172(EBL)1807411(SSID)ssj0001509929(PQKBManifestationID)11821101(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001509929(PQKBWorkID)11520925(PQKB)10859467(MiAaPQ)EBC1807411(Au-PeEL)EBL1807411(OCoLC)892798388(EXLCZ)99371000000023217220190123d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Prince /Niccolò MachiavelliNew York :Open Road Integrated Media,2014.1 online resource (180 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; INTRODUCTION; 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; CHAPTER V - CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES THAT LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED; CHAPTER 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 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; CHAPTER XII - HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES; CHAPTER 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 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; 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 RENOWNCHAPTER 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; DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS ADOPTED BY THE DUKE VALENTINO WHEN MURDERING VITELLOZZO VITELLI, OLIVEROTTO DA FERMO, THE SIGNOR PAGOLO, AND THE DUKE DI GRAVINA ORSINI; THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCACopyright PageThe world's most influential-and controversial-treatise on politicsComposed in exile and published posthumously, The Prince is Niccolò Machiavelli's legacy and the foundation of modern political theory. Drawing on his firsthand experiences as a diplomat and military commander in the Florentine Republic, Machiavelli disregards the rhetorical flourishes and sentimentality typically found in sixteenth-century mirrors for princes-guides instructing noblemen in the fine art of ruling-and gets straight to practical matters: how to eliminate rivals, when to use force, whether it is better to be lovedPolitical scienceEarly works to 1800Political ethicsPolitical sciencePolitical ethics.028.3Machiavelli Niccolò1469-1527,330797MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787083903321Prince205356UNINA