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The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532
26 chapters · 83 pages · Original text
Public domain · Project Gutenberg
Chapters
1
Chapter I — How Many Kinds of Principalities There Are
~1 min · 1 pages
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2
Chapter II — Concerning Hereditary Principalities
~1 min · 1 pages
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3
Chapter III — Concerning Mixed Principalities
~15 min · 8 pages
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4
Chapter IV — Why the Kingdom of Darius Did Not Rebel Against Alexander
~5 min · 3 pages
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5
Chapter V — Governing Cities That Lived Under Their Own Laws
~2 min · 1 pages
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6
Chapter VI — Principalities Acquired by One's Own Arms and Ability
~6 min · 3 pages
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7
Chapter VII — Principalities Acquired by Others' Arms or Fortune
~13 min · 7 pages
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8
Chapter VIII — Principalities Obtained by Wickedness
~8 min · 4 pages
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9
Chapter IX — Concerning a Civil Principality
~6 min · 3 pages
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10
Chapter X — On the Strength of Principalities
~4 min · 2 pages
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11
Chapter XI — Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities
~4 min · 3 pages
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12
Chapter XII — How Many Kinds of Soldiery There Are, and Concerning Mercenaries
~8 min · 4 pages
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13
Chapter XIII — Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One's Own
~6 min · 3 pages
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14
Chapter XIV — A Prince on the Subject of the Art of War
~4 min · 3 pages
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15
Chapter XV — Things for Which Men, and Especially Princes, Are Praised or Blamed
~3 min · 2 pages
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16
Chapter XVI — Concerning Liberality and Meanness
~4 min · 2 pages
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17
Chapter XVII — Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether It Is Better to Be Loved or Feared
~5 min · 3 pages
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18
Chapter XVIII — Concerning the Way in Which Princes Should Keep Faith
~5 min · 3 pages
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19
Chapter XIX — That One Should Avoid Being Despised and Hated
~18 min · 9 pages
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20
Chapter XX — Are Fortresses, and Other Things, Advantageous or Hurtful?
~8 min · 4 pages
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21
Chapter XXI — How a Prince Should Conduct Himself to Gain Renown
~6 min · 3 pages
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22
Chapter XXII — Concerning the Secretaries of Princes
~2 min · 1 pages
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23
Chapter XXIII — How Flatterers Should Be Avoided
~3 min · 2 pages
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24
Chapter XXIV — Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States
~3 min · 2 pages
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25
Chapter XXV — What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs and How to Withstand Her
~6 min · 3 pages
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26
Chapter XXVI — An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians
~7 min · 3 pages
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