Publisher	Prints Publications Pvt Ltd
ISBN-13	9788119972562
Binding	Paper back
Number of Pages	136 Pages
Language	English
Dimension (Inches)	5.5"x8.5"
Weight (Grams)	165
Subject	Classic Fiction
Category	Fiction

The Prince, a political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli. It is a short treatise on how to acquire power, create a state, and keep it, The Prince represents Machiavelli’s effort to provide a guide for political action based on the lessons of history and his own experience as a foreign secretary in Florence.The book promotes instrumentality in the creation of states—a philosophy typified by the adage "the ends justify the means." Violence may be needed for the effective establishment of new legal institutions and power stabilisation. Machiavelli referred to his treatise as De Principatibus (“Of Principalities”) while writing it.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise. He wrote his most well-known work The Prince in 1513, having been exiled from city affairs. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science.

1	How Many Kinds of Principalities there are, and by What leans they are Acquired	17
2	Concerning Hereditary Principalities	18
3	Concerning Mixed Principalities	19
4	Why the Kingdom of Darius, conquered by Alexander, Did Not Rebel Against the Successors of Alexander at his Death	26
5	Concerning the way to Govern Cities or principalities which Lived Under their own Laws before they were Annexed	29
6	Concerning New Principalities which are Acquired by One's Own Arms and Ability	31
7	Concerning New Principalities which are acquired either by the Arms of others or by Good Fortune	34
8	Concerning those who have obtained a Principality by Wickedness	41
9	Concerning a Civil Principality	45
10	Concerning the way in which the strength of all Principalities ought to be Measured	48
11	Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities	50
12	How Many Kinds of Soldiery there are, and Concerning Mercenaries	53
13	Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One's Own	58
14	That which concerns a Prince on the Subject of the Art of War	62
15	Concerning Things for which Men, and especially Princes, are Praised or Blamed	65
16	Concerning Liberality and Meanness	67
17	Concerning Cruelty and Clemency, and whether it is Better to be Loved than Feared	69
18	Concerning the Way in which Princes should Keep Faith	72
19	That One should Avoid being Despised and Hated	75
20	Are Fortresses, and Many other Things to which Princes often Resort, Advantageous or Hurtful?	84
21	How a Prince should Conduct himself so as to Gain Renown	89
22	Concerning the Secretaries of Princes	93
23	How Flatterers should be Avoided	95
24	Why the Princes of Italy have Lost their States	97
25	What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs and How to Withstand Her	99
26	An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians	102

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