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vii | (2) |
| Introduction |
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ix | (16) |
| Principal events in Machiavelli's life |
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xxv | (4) |
| Bibliographical note |
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xxix | (3) |
| Translator's note |
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xxxii | (4) |
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Map: northern and central Italy, c. 1500 |
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Dedicatory letter: Niccolo Machiavelli to His Magnificence Lorenzo de' Medici |
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3 | (2) |
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I The different kinds of principality and how they are acquired |
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5 | (1) |
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II Hereditary principalities |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (9) |
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IV Why the Kingdom of Darius, conquered by Alexander, did not rebel against his successors after Alexander's death |
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15 | (2) |
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V How one should govern cities or principalities that, before being conquered, used to live under their own laws |
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17 | (2) |
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VI New principalities acquired by one's own arms and ability |
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19 | (3) |
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VII New principalities acquired through the power of others and their favour |
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22 | (8) |
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VIII Those who become rulers through wicked means |
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30 | (4) |
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IX The civil principality |
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34 | (3) |
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X How the strength of all principalities should be measured |
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37 | (2) |
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XI Ecclesiastical principalities |
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39 | (3) |
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XII The different types of army, and mercenary troops |
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42 | (6) |
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XIII Auxiliaries, mixed troops and native troops |
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48 | (3) |
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XIV How a ruler should act concerning military matters |
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51 | (3) |
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XV The things for which men, and especially rulers, are praised or blamed |
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54 | (1) |
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XVI Generosity and meanness |
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55 | (3) |
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XVII Cruelty and mercifulness; and whether it is better to be loved or feared |
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58 | (3) |
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XVIII How rulers should keep their promises |
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61 | (2) |
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XIX How contempt and hatred should be avoided |
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63 | (9) |
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XX Whether building fortresses, and many other things that rulers frequently do, are useful or not |
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72 | (4) |
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XXI How a ruler should act in order to gain reputation |
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76 | (4) |
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XXII The secretaries of rulers |
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80 | (1) |
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XXIII How flatterers should be shunned |
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81 | (2) |
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XXIV Why the rulers of Italy have lost their states |
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83 | (1) |
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XXV How much power fortune has over human affairs, and how it should be resisted |
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84 | (3) |
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XXVI Exhortation to liberate Italy from the barbarian yoke |
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87 | (6) |
| Appendix A Letters relevant to The Prince |
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93 | (7) |
| Appendix B Notes on the vocabulary of The Prince |
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100 | (14) |
| Biographical notes |
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114 | (27) |
| Index of subjects |
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141 | (7) |
| Index of proper names |
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