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The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

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THE PRINCE 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 WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS …

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  • AuthorNiccolò Machiavelli
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #1232
  • Length49,868 words
  • Chapters12
  • DictionaryNot yet generated
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-03

Contents

12 chapters

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  1. 01Translated by W. K. Marriott
  2. 02THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCA
  3. 03INTRODUCTION
  4. 04YOUTH — Æt. 1-25—1469-94
  5. 05OFFICE — Æt. 25-43—1494-1512
  6. 06LITERATURE AND DEATH — Æt. 43-58—1512-27
  7. 07THE MAN AND HIS WORKS
  8. 08To the Magnificent Lorenzo Di Piero De’ Medici
  9. 09THE PRINCE
  10. 10BY NICOLO MACHIAVELLI
  11. 11WRITTEN BY NICOLO MACHIAVELLI
  12. 12CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI 1284-1328

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