Nicolo Machiavelli - The Prince

✍ Scribed by Nicolo Machiavelli

• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 194
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Il Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. Originally called De Principatibus (About Principalities), it was originally written in 1513, but not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. The treatise is not representative of the work published during his lifetime, but it is the most remembered, and the work responsible for bringing "Machiavellian" into wide usage as a pejorative term.The views expounded by Machiavelli in The Prince may seem extreme even for the time period in which they were written. However, his whole life was spent in Florence at a time of continuous political conflict. Accordingly, Machiavelli emphasizes the need for stability in a prince’s principality; at stake is its preservation. The book was written primarily as a guide for the prince to maintain his power and only secondarily as a guide for maintaining the principality.The theories expressed in The Prince describe methods that an aspiring prince can use to acquire the throne, or an existing prince can use to maintain his reign. According to Machiavelli, the greatest moral good is a virtuous and stable state, and actions to protect the country are therefore justified even if they are cruel. Machiavelli strongly suggests, however, that the prince must not be hated. He states, "...a wise prince should establish himself on that which is his own control and not in that of others; he must endeavor to avoid hatred, as is noted."The opening discourse of The Prince defines effective methods of governing in several types of principalities (for example, newly acquired vs. hereditary). Machiavelli explains to the reader, the "Magnificent Lorenzo de' Medici", member of the Florentine Medici family, the best ways to acquire, maintain, and protect a state. The methods described therein have the general theme of acquiring necessary ends by any means.---Князь (итал. Il Principe, также часто встречается неправильный, но по смыслу более точный, перевод «Государь») — это трактат флорентийского писателя Никколо Макиавелли, в котором описываются свойства характера, методы правления и умения, необходимые для идеального правителя. Первоначально книга носила название: De Principatibus (О княжествах).Трактат был написан около 1513 года и был опубликован только в 1532, через пять лет после смерти Макиавелли. Эта книга самая известная из всех, написанных Никколо Макиавелли, но нельзя сказать, что самая типичная. Существует и другая гипотеза, что «Князь» мог быть сатирическим произведением, не отражавшим взглядов Макиавелли, поскольку сам он поддерживал сторонников республики, а книга была написана в период возвращения рода Медичи к власти и изгнания Макиавелли из Флоренции. Первым её выдвинул Дж. М. Таскано в 1578 году, а вскоре повторил А. Джентиле в De legationbus libri tres (1585), и потом она пошла кочевать из работы в работу.

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✦ Table of Contents

The Prince......Page 1
INTRODUCTION......Page 3
CHAPTER I. HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED......Page 19
CHAPTER II. CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES......Page 20
CHAPTER III. CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES......Page 22
CHAPTER IV. WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH......Page 33
CHAPTER V. CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED......Page 37
CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE’S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY......Page 40
CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE......Page 45
CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS......Page 55
CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY......Page 61
CHAPTER X. CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED......Page 66
CHAPTER XI. CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES......Page 69
CHAPTER XII. HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES......Page 73
CHAPTER XIII. CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE’S OWN......Page 81
CHAPTER XIV. THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR......Page 87
CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED......Page 91
CHAPTER XVI. CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS......Page 94
CHAPTER XVII. CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED......Page 97
CHAPTER XVIII[*]. CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH......Page 102
CHAPTER XIX. THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED......Page 107
CHAPTER XX. ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?......Page 120
CHAPTER XXI. HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN......Page 126
CHAPTER XXII. CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES......Page 132
CHAPTER XXIII. HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED......Page 134
CHAPTER XXIV. WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES......Page 137
CHAPTER XXV. WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER......Page 140
CHAPTER XXVI. AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS......Page 145
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