TY - BOOK AU - Machiavelli Niccolo TI - The Prince SN - 9781853267758 AV - GV1469. 25.M11 PY - 1997/// CY - Hertfordshire PB - Wordsworth Editions Limited KW - Political science KW - Political science -- Early works to 1800 KW - Political ethics N1 - Translated from the Italian; 1. How many kinds of principles there are, and in what manner they are acquired 2. Of hereditary principalities 3. Of mixed principalities 4. Why the kingdom of Darius, which was conquered by Alexander, did not revolt against the successors of Alenxander after his death 5. How cities or principalities are to be governed that previous to being conquered had lived under their own laws 6. Of new principalities that have been acquired by the valour of the prince and his own troops 7. Of the new principalities that have been acquired by the aid of others and by good fortune 8. Of such as have achieved sovereignty by means of crimes 9. Of civil principalities 10. In what manner the powe of all principalities should be measured 11. Of ecclesiastical principalities 12. Of the different kinds of troops, and of mercenaries 13. Of auxiliaries, and of mixed and national troops 14. Of the duties of a prince in relation to military matters 15. Of the means by which men, and especially princes, win applause or incur censure 16. Of liberality persimoniousness 17. Of cruelty and clemency, and whether it is better to be loved than feared 18. In what manner princes should keep thier faith 19. A prince must avoid being contemned and hated 20. Whether the erection of fortresses, and many other things which princes often do, are useful or injurious 21. How princes should conduct themselves to acquire a reputation 22. Of the miniters of princes 23. How to avoid flatterers 24. The reason why the princes of Italy have lost thjer states 25. Of the influence of fortune in human affairs, and how it may be counteracted 26. Exhortation to deliver Italy from foreign barbarians ER -