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principalities</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>6</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Why the Kingdom of Darius conquered by Alexander did not rebel against his successors after Alexanders death</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>15</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>How one should govern cities or principalities that before being conquered used to live under their own laws</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>17</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>New principalities acquired by ones own arms and ability</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>19</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>New principalities acquired through the power of others and their favour</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>22</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Those who become rulers through wicked means</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>30</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>The civil principality</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>34</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="second_toc_column"><div class="second_toc_pad"><table><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>How rulers should keep their promises</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>61</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>How contempt and hatred should be avoided</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>63</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Whether building fortresses and many other things that rulers frequently do are useful or not</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>72</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>How a ruler should act in order to gain reputation</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>76</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>The secretaries of rulers</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>80</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>How flatterers should be shunned</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>81</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Why the rulers of Italy have lost their states</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>83</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>How much power fortune has over human affairs and how it should be resisted</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>84</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr></table></div></div><br style="clear:both;"/></div><span onclick="_OC_setListSectionVisible('toc_h', 1)" class=morelesslink id=toc_hc0 style="display:none"><br>More</span><div id=toc_hd1><div class="first_toc_column"><div class="first_toc_pad"><table><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>How the strength of all principalities should be measured</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>37</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Ecclesiastical principalities</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>39</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>The different types of army and mercenary troops</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>42</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Auxiliaries mixed troops and native troops</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>48</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>How a ruler should act concerning military matters</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>51</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>The things for which men and especially rulers are praised or blamed</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>54</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Generosity and meanness</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>55</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Cruelty and mercifulness and whether it is better to be loved or feared</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>58</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="second_toc_column"><div class="second_toc_pad"><table><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Exhortation to liberate Italy from the barbarian yoke</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>87</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Letters relevant to The Prince</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>93</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Notes on the vocabulary of The Prince</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>100</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Biographical notes</span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>114</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><a class="primary" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=05R7kYOKD0cC&pg=PA141&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2" ><span title="Index of subjects" style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Index of subjects</span></span></a></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>141</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><a class="primary" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=05R7kYOKD0cC&pg=PA148&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2" ><span title="Index of proper names" style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Index of proper names</span></span></a></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>148</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><a class="primary" 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Bijker</span></a></span><br/><span><span style="color:#99522e">Limited preview</span> - 1997</span><br/></span></div></td><td align=right></td></tr></table></div><a class="secondary" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?q=cites:ISBN0521349931&id=05R7kYOKD0cC&source=gbs_citations_module_r&cad=6"><span dir=ltr>All Book Search results &raquo;</span></a></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div> </div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="about_author_anchor"></a>About the author <span style="color:#666; font-weight:normal">(1988)</span></h3><div id=about_author class=about_content><div id=about_author_v><div class=textmodulecontent>Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469 in Florence, Italy. He was a political philosopher, statesman, and court advisor. Starting out as a clerk, he quickly rose in the ranks because he understood balance of power issues involved in many of his diplomatic missions. His political pursuits quickly ended after he was imprisoned by the Medici family. He is best known for The Prince, his guide to power attainment and cutthroat leadership. He also wrote poetry and plays, including a comedy named Mandragola. He died on June 21, 1527 at the age of 58. </div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" style="padding-bottom:.3em"><div class="metadata_sectionwrap"><table id="metadata_content_table"><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label">Title</td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Machiavelli: The Prince</span><br><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=bibliogroup:%22Cambridge+Texts+in+the+History+of+Political+Thought%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=8"><i><span dir=ltr>Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought</span></i></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Author</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Niccolo+Machiavelli%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=8"><span dir=ltr>Niccolo Machiavelli</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Editors</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Quentin+Skinner%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=8"><span dir=ltr>Quentin Skinner</span></a>, <a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Russell+Price%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=8"><span dir=ltr>Russell Price</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Translated by</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Russell Price</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Edition</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>illustrated, reprint</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Publisher</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Cambridge University Press, 1988</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>ISBN</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>0521349931, 9780521349932</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Length</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>152 pages</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Subjects</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Philosophy%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">Philosophy</span></a></div> › <div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Philosophy+History+%26+Surveys%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">History & 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