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Machiavelli Niccolò <1469-1527, >
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Titolo: |
The Prince / / Niccolò Machiavelli
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Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Open Road Integrated Media, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
Disciplina: | 028.3 |
Soggetto topico: | Political science |
Political ethics | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 ABILITY |
CHAPTER 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 OWN | |
CHAPTER 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 LUCCA | |
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Sommario/riassunto: | The 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 loved |
Titolo autorizzato: | Prince ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4804-2798-5 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910460248603321 |
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