by Niccolo Machiavelli, Translated by W. K. Marriott
Annotation of text copyright ©2006 David Trumbull, Boston Leadership Builders. All Rights Reserved.
¶ He wrote The Prince in 1513 but circulated it among close friends only. It was published posthumously in 1532. In 1559 Pope Paul IV placed it on the Index of Forbidden Books.
| i. | Dedication |
| I. | How Many Kinds Of Principalities There Are, And By What Means They Are Acquired |
| II. | Concerning Hereditary Principalities |
| III. | Concerning Mixed Principalities |
| IV. | Why The Kingdom Of Darius, Conquered By Alexander, Did Not Rebel Against The Successors Of Alexander At His Death |
| V. | Concerning The Way To Govern Cities Or Principalities Which Lived Under Their Own Laws Before They Were Annexed |
| VI. | Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired By One's Own Arms And Ability |
| VII | Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Either By The Arms Of Others Or By Good Fortune |
| VIII. | Concerning Those Who Have Obtained A Principality By Wickedness |
| IX. | Concerning A Civil Principality |
| X. | Concerning The Way In Which The Strength Of All Principalities Ought To Be Measured |
| XI. | Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities |
| XII. | How Many Kinds Of Soldiery There Are, And Concerning Mercenaries |
| XIII. | Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, And One's Own |
| XIV. | That Which Concerns A Prince On The Subject Of The Art Of War |
| XV. | Concerning Things For Which Men, And Especially Princes, Are Praised Or Blamed |
| XVI. | Concerning Liberality And Meanness |
| XVII. | Concerning Cruelty And Clemency, And Whether It Is Better To Be Loved Than Feared |
| XVIII | Concerning The Way In Which Princes Should Keep Faith |
| XIX. | That One Should Avoid Being Despised And Hated |
| XX. | Are Fortresses, And Many Other Things To Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous Or Hurtful? |
| XXI. | How A Prince Should Conduct Himself So As To Gain Renown |
| XXII. | Concerning The Secretaries Of Princes |
| XXIII. | How Flatterers Should Be Avoided |
| XXIV. | Why The Princes Of Italy Have Lost Their States |
| XXV. | What Fortune Can Effect In Human Affairs And How To Withstand Her |
| XXVI. | An Exhortation To Liberate Italy From The Barbarians |