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ISBN 9780141395876 (Hardcover)
Classification Number F
Author Machiavelli, Niccolo, 1469-1527
Title The Prince [BK]
Publisher London : : Penguin Classics,, 2014.
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Note Formerly CIP.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Letter to Lorenzo de' Medici -- 1.Different kinds of states and how to conquer them -- 2.Hereditary monarchies -- 3.Mixed monarchies -- 4.Conquered by Alexander the Great, the Kingdom of Darius did not rebel against his successors after his death. Why not? -- 5.How to govern cities and states that were previously self-governing -- 6.States won by the new ruler's own forces and abilities -- 7.States won by lucky circumstance and someone else's armed forces -- 8.States won by crime -- 9.Monarchy with public support -- 10.Assessing a state's strength -- 11.Church states -- 12.Different kinds of armies and a consideration of mercenary forces -- 13.Auxiliaries, combined forces and citizen armies -- 14.A ruler and his army -- 15.What men and particularly rulers are praised and blamed for -- 16.Generosity and meanness -- 17.Cruelty and compassion. Whether it is better to be feared or loved -- 18.A ruler and his promises --
Contents note continued: 19.Avoiding contempt and hatred -- 20.Whether fortresses and other strategies rulers frequently adopt are useful -- 21.What a ruler should do to win respect -- 22.A ruler's ministers -- 23.Avoiding flatterers -- 24.Why Italian rulers have lost their states -- 25.The role of luck in human affairs, and how to defend against it -- 26.An appeal to conquer Italy and free it from foreign occupation.
Subject Political ethics -- Early works to 1800
Political science -- Early works to 1800
Political science -- Philosophy
Republicanism -- Early works to 1800
Additional Author Parks, Tim
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