The prince

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CONTENTS The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli Translated BY N. H. Thomson I. Of the Various Kinds of Princedom, and of the Ways In Which They Are Acquired 7 II. Of Hereditary Princedoms 7 III. Of Mixed Princedoms 8 IV. Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not, on Alexander’s Death, Rebel Against His Successors 16 V. How Cities or Provinces Which Before Their Acquisition Have Lived Under Their Own Laws Are To Be Governed 18 VI. Of New Princedoms Which a Prince Acquires With His Own Arms and by Merit 20 VII. Of New Princedoms Acquired By the Aid of Others and By Good Fortune 23 VIII. Of Those Who By Their Crimes Come to Be Princes 30 IX. Of the Civil Princedom 34 X. How the Strength of All Princedoms Should Be Measured 37 XI. Of Ecclesiastical Princedoms 39 XII. How Many Different Kinds of Soldiers There Are, and of Mercenaries 42 XIII. Of Auxiliary, Mixed, and National Arms 47 XIV. Of the Duty of a Prince In Respect of Military Affairs 50 XV. Of the Qualities In Respect of Which Men, and Most of all Princes, Are Praised or Blamed 53 XVI. Of Liberality and Miserliness 54 XVII. Of Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether It Is Better To Be Loved or Feared 56 XVIII. How Princes Should Keep Faith 59 XIX. That a Prince Should Seek to Escape Contempt and Hatred 62 XX. Whether Fortresses, and Certain Other Expedients to Which Princes Often Have Recourse, are Profitable or Hurtful 71 XXI. How a Prince Should Bear Himself So As to Acquire Reputation 75 XXII. Of the Secretaries of Princes 79 XXIII. That Flatterers Should Be Shunned 80 XXIV. Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States 82 XXV. What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs, and How She May Be Withstood 83 XXVI. An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians 86 The Life of Sir Thomas More - William Roper 93 Utopia - Sir Thomas More 143 Translated By Ralph Robinson The Ninety-five Theses Martin Luther 265 Translated By R. S. Grignon Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Respecting the Reformation of the Christian Estate - Martin Luther 276 Translated By C. A. Buchheim Concerning Christian Liberty - Martin Luther 353 Translated By R. S. Grignon Digitized by Google.

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• The Harvard classics -- v. 36

Other Editions

• The princeP.F. Collier1937-01-01
• The Prince, Utopia, Ninety-Five ThesesCollier and Sons1909-01-01
• UtopiaP.F. Collier1910-01-01
• The princeCollier1965-01-01