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Letter to Lorenzo de' Medici
Different kinds of states and how to conquer them
Conquered by Alexander the Great, the Kingdom of Darius did not rebel against his successors after his death. Why not?
How to govern cities and states that were previously self-governing
States won by the ruler's own forces and abilities
States won by lucky circumstances and someone else's armed forces
Monarchy with public support
Assessing a state's strength
Different kinds of armies and a consideration of mercenary forces
Auxiliaries, combined forces and citizen armies
What men and particularly rulers are praised and blamed for
Cruelty and compassion. Whether it is better to be feared or loved
Avoiding contempt and hatred
Whether fortresses and other strategies rulers frequently adopt are useful
What a ruler should do to win respect
Why Italian rulers have lost their states
The role of luck in human affairs, and how to defend against it
An appeal to conquer Italy and free it from foreign occupation
Glossary of proper names.
Dedicatory letter: How many are the kinds of principalities and in what modes they are acquired
Of hereditary principalities
Why the kingdom of darius which Alexander seized did not rebel from his successors after Alexander's death
How cities or principalities which lived by their own laws before they were occupied should be administered
Of new principalities that are acquired through one's own arms and virtue
Of new principalities that are acquired by other's arms and fortune
Of those who have attained a principality through crimes
Of the civil principality
In what mode the forces of all principalities should be measured
Of ecclesiastical principalities
How many kinds of military there are and concerning mercenary soldiers: Of auxiliary, mixed, and one's own soldiers
What a prince should do regarding the military
Of those things for which men and especially princes are praised or blamed: Of liberality and parsimony
Of cruelty and mercy, and whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the contrary
In what mode faith should be kept by princes
Of avoiding contempt and hatred
Whether fortresses and many other things which are made and done by princes every day are useful or useless
What a prince should do to be held in esteem
Of those whom princes have as secretaries
In what mode flatterers are to be avoided
Why the princes of Italy have lost their states
How much fortune can do in human affairs, and in what mode it may be opposed
Exhortation to seize Italy and to free her from the barbarians
Appendix Machiavelli's letter of December 10, 1513
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Introduction / Anthony Grafton
Letter to the magnificent Lorenzo dé Medici
I. How many kinds of principality there are and the ways in which they are acquired
II. Hereditary principalities
III. Composite principalities
IV. Why the kingdom of Darius conquered by Alexander did not rebel against his successors after his death
V. How cities or principalities which lived under their own laws should be administered after being conquered
VI. New principalities acquired by one's own arms and prowess
VII. New principalities acquired with the help of fortune and foreign arms
VIII. Those who come to power by crime
IX. The constitutional principality
X. How the strength of every principality should me measured
XI. Ecclesiastical principalities
XII. Military organization and mercenary troops
XIII. Auxiliary, composite, and native troops
XIV. How a prince should organize his militia
XV. The things for which men, and especially princes, are praised or blamed
XVI. Generosity and parsimony
XVII. Cruelty and compassions ; and whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse
XVIII. How princes should honour their word
XIX. The need to avoid contempt and hatred
XX. Whether fortresses and many of the other present-day expedients to which princes have recourse are useful or not
XXI. How a prince must act to win honour
XXII. A prince's personal staff
XXIII. How flatterers must be shunned
XXIV. Why the Italian princes have lost their states
XXV. How far human affairs are governed by fortune, an dhow fortune can be opposed
XXVI. Exhortation to liberate Italy from the barbarians
Glossary of proper names.
How many kinds of principalities there are, and by what means they are acquired
Concerning hereditary principalities
Concerning mixed principalities
Why the Kingdom of Darius, conquered by Alexander, did not rebel aganist the successors of Alexander at his death
Concerning the way to govern cities or principalities which lived under their own laws before they were annexed
Concerning new principalities which are acquired by one's own arms and ability
Concerning new principalities which are acquired by the arms of others or by good fortune
Concerning those who have obtained a principality by wickedness
Concerning a civil principality
Concerning the way in which the strength of all principalities ought to be measured
Concerning ecclesiastical principalities
How many kinds of soldiery there are, and concerning mercenaries
Concerning auxiliaries, mixed soldiery, and one's own
That which concerns a prince on the subject of the art of war
Concerning things for which men, and especially princes, are praised or blamed
Concerning liberality and meanness
Concerning cruelty and clemency, and whether it is better to be loved than feared
Concerning the way in which princes should keep faith
That one should avoid being despised and hated
Are fortresses, and many other things to which princes resort, advantageous or hurtful?
How a prince should conduct himself so as to gain renown
Concerning the secretaries of princes
How flatterers should be avoided
Why the princes of Italy have lost their states
What fortune can effect in human affairs, and how to withstand her
Exhortation to liberate Italy from the barbarians.
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Discourses upon the first ten books of Titus Livy
Dedication, to the magnificent Lorenzo de Piero de' Medici
How many kinds of principalities there are, and by what means are they acquired
Concerning hereditary principalities
Concerning mixed principalities
Why the kingdom of Darius, conquered by Alexander, did not rebel against the successors of Alexander at his death
Concerning the way to govern cities or principalities which lived under their own laws before they were annexed
Concerning new principalities which are acquired by one's own arms and ability
Concerning new principalities which are acquired either by the arms of others or by good fortune
Concerning those who have obtained a principality by wickedness
Concerning a civil principality
Concerning the way in which the strength of all principalities ought to be measured
Concerning ecclesiastical principalities
How many kids of soldiery there are, and concerning mercenaries
Concerning auxiliaries, mixed soldiery, and one's own
That which concerns a prince on the subject of the art of war
Concerning things for which men, and especially princes, are praised or blamed
Concerning liberality and measures
Concerning cruelty and clemency, and whether it is better to be loved than feared
Concerning the way in which princes should keep faith
That one should avoid being despised and hated
Are fortresses, and many other things to which princes often resort, advantageous or hurtful?
How a prince should conduct himself so as to gain renown
Concerning the secretaries of princes
How flatterers should be avoided
Why the princes of Italy have lost their states
What fortune can effect in human affairs and how to withstand her
An exhortation to liberate Italy from the Barbarians.
Machiavelli's letter of December 10, 1513
The various kinds of government and the ways by which they are established
Why the Kingdom of Darius, occupied by Alexander, did not rebel against the successors of the latter after his death
The way to govern cities or dominions that, previous to being occupied, lived under their own laws
Of new dominions which have been acquired by one's own arms and ability
Of new dominions acquired by the power of others or by fortune
Of those who have attained the position of prince by villaniny
Of the civic principality
How the strength of all states should be measured
Of ecclesiastical principalities
The different kinds of militia and mercenary sources
Of auxiliary, mixed, and native troops
The duties of a prince with regard to the militia
Of the things for which men, and especially princes, are praised or blamed
Of liberality and niggardliness
Of cruelty and clemency, and whether it is better to be loved or feared
In what way princes must keep faith
That we must avoid being despised and hated
Whether fortresses and other things which princes often contrive are useful or injurious
How a prince must act in order to gain reputation
Of the secretaries of princes
How flatterers must be shunned
Why the princes of Italy have lost their states
How much fortune can do in human affairs and how it may be opposed
Exhortation to liberate Italy from the barbarians.
The prince, by N. Machiavelli, tr. by N.H. Thomson.
The life of Sir Thomas More, by W. Roper.
Utopia, by Sir T. More, tr. by R. Robinson.
The ninety-five theses, by M. Luther, tr. by R.S. Grignon.
Address to the Christian nobility of the German nation respecting the reformation of the Christian estate, by M. Luther, tr. by C.A. Buchheim.
Concerning Christian liberty, by M. Luther, tr. by R.S. Grignon.
From the Book - [Éd. de luxe].
The city of the sun / by Tommaso Campanella
Essays by Giuseppe Mazzini
Recollections by Giuseppe Garibaldi.
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 by Nicolo Machiavelli
The life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca written by Nicolo Machiavelli and sent to his friends Zanobi Buondelmonti and Luigi Alamanni.
