THE PRINCE-君主论

contents
dedication 1
1 how many kinds of principalities there are,and by what means they are acquired/1

2 concerning hereditary principalities/2

3 concerning mixed principalities/3

4 why the kingdom of darius, conquered by alexander, did not rebel against the successors of alexander at his death/12

5 concerning the way to govern cities or principalities which lived under their own laws before they were annexed/15

6 concerning new principalities which are acquired by one’s own arms and ability/17

7 concerning new principalities which are acquired either by the arms of others or by good fortune/21

8 concerning those who have obtained a principality by wickedness/29

9 concerning a civil principality/34

10 concerning the way in which the strength of all principalities ought to be measured/38

11 ecclesiastical principalities/41

12 how many kinds of soldiery there are, and concerning mercenaries/44

13 concerning auxiliaries, mixed soldiery, and one’s own / 50

14 that which concerns a prince on the subject of the art of war/ 55

15 concerning things for which men, and especially princes, are praised or blamed / 58

16 concerning liberality and meanness/60

17 concerning cruelty and clemency, and whether it is better to be loved than feared / 63

18 concerning the way in which princes should keep faith / 67

19 that one should avoid being despised and hated/71

20 are fortresses, and many other things to which princes often resort,
advantageous or hurtful? / 81

21 how a prince should conduct himself so as to gain renown/86

22 concerning the secretaries of princes/90

23 how flatterers should be avoided/92

24 why the princes of italy have lost their states/95

25 what fortune can effect in human affairs and how to withstand her / 97

26 an exhortation to liberate italy from the barbarians/101