Introduction to the Mentor Edition / Christian Gauss |
The various kinds of Government and the ways by which they are established / 1.: |
Of Hereditary Monarchies / 2.: |
Of Mixed Monarchies / 3.: |
Why the Kingdom of Darius, occupied by Alexander, did not rebel against the successors of the latter after his death / 4.: |
The way to govern Cities or Dominions that, previous to being occupied, lived under their own Laws / 5.: |
Of New Dominions which have been acquired by one's own arms and ability / 6.: |
Of New Dominions acquired by the Power of others or by Fortune / 7.: |
Of those who have attained the position of Prince by villainy / 8.: |
Of the Civic Principality / 9.: |
How the strength of all States should be measured / 10.: |
Of Ecclesiastical Principalities / 11.: |
The different kinds of Militia and Mercenary Soldiers / 12.: |
Of Auxiliary, Mixed, and Native Troops / 13.: |
The Duties of a Prince with regard to the Militia / 14.: |
Of the things for which Men, and especially Princes, are praised or blamed / 15.: |
Of Liberality and Niggardliness / 16.: |
Of Cruelty and Clemency, and whether it is better to be loved or feared / 17.: |
In what way Princes must keep Faith / 18.: |
That we must avoid being despised and hated / 19.: |
Whether Fortresses and other things which Princes often contrive are useful or injurious / 20.: |
How a Prince must act in order to gain reputation / 21.: |
Of the Secretaries of Princes / 22.: |
How Flatterers must be shunned / 23.: |
Why the Princes of Italy have lost their States / 24.: |
How much Fortune can do in human affairs and how it may be opposed / 25.: |
Exhortation to liberate Italy from the Barbarians / 26.: |
Introduction to the Mentor Edition / Christian Gauss |
The various kinds of Government and the ways by which they are established / 1.: |
Of Hereditary Monarchies / 2.: |