The Prince (chump Change Edition) [Hardcover]

Unabridged version of THE PRINCE, by Niccolo Machiavelli and translated by N. H. Thomson, offered here for chump change.

From 1513, THE PRINCE is divided into chapters covering ruling power, be it in the office or across continents. Topics include power forms (mixed, heredity), power acquisition (with help, through criminal acts), and power aspects (bearing, flatters, secretaries).

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Contents

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DEDICATION????? 3

CHAPTER I: OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PRINCEDOM, AND OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY ARE ACQUIRED??????????????? 3

CHAPTER II: OF HEREDITARY PRINCEDOMS?????????? 3

CHAPTER III: OF MIXED PRINCEDOMS???? 4

CHAPTER IV: WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT, ON ALEXANDERS DEATH, REBEL AGAINST HIS SUCCESSORS????????? 7

CHAPTER V: HOW CITIES OR PROVINCES WHICH BEFORE THEIR ACQUISITION HAVE LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS ARE TO BE GOVERNED?? 8

CHAPTER VI: OF NEW PRINCEDOMS WHICH A PRINCE ACQUIRES WITH HIS OWN ARMS AND BY MERIT?? 9

CHAPTER VII: OF NEW PRINCEDOMS ACQUIRED BY THE AID OF OTHERS AND BY GOOD FORTUNE????????????? 11

CHAPTER VIII: OF THOSE WHO BY THEIR CRIMES COME TO BE PRINCES?? 14

CHAPTER IX: OF THE CIVIL PRINCEDOM? 16

CHAPTER X: HOW THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCEDOMS SHOULD BE MEASURED 17

CHAPTER XI: OF ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCEDOMS? 18

CHAPTER XII: HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOLDIERS THERE ARE, AND OF MERCENARIES???? 19

CHAPTER XIII: OF AUXILIARY, MIXED, AND NATIONAL ARMS?????? 21

CHAPTER XIV: OF THE DUTY OF A PRINCE IN RESPECT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS???????? 23

CHAPTER XV: OF THE QUALITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH MEN, AND MOST OF ALL PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED?????? 24

CHAPTER XVI: OF LIBERALITY AND MISERLINESS??????????????? 25

CHAPTER XVII: OF CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO lÌ