The prince / Niccolò Machiavelli ; a new translation by Tim Parks.

Author
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
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Penguin classics deluxe edition.
Published/​Created
  • New York, NY : Penguin Books, 2009.
  • Translation and editorial material, ©2009
Description
xliv, 124 pages : map ; 22 cm

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          Penguin classics deluxe edition [More in this series]
          Summary note
          "An infamous Renaissance classic, The Prince shocked Europe upon publication with its ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality. Niccolo Machiavelli even came to be regarded by some as an agent of the Devel, his name taken for the intriguer "Machevill" of Jacobean tragedy. For his treatise on statecraft Machiavelli drew upon his own experience of office under the turbulent Florentine republic, rejecting traditional values of political theory and recognizing the complicated, transient nature of political life. Concerned not with lofty ideals, but with a regime that would last, The Prince has become the Bible of realpolitik, and still retains its power to alarm and instruct"--Page 2 of cover
          Notes
          Translated from the Italian.
          Contents
          • Letter to Lorenzo de' Medici
          • Different kinds of states and how to conquer them
          • Hereditary monarchies
          • Mixed monarchies
          • Conquered by Alexander the Great, the Kingdom of Darius did not rebel against his successors after his death. Why not?
          • How to govern cities and states that were previously self-governing
          • States won by the ruler's own forces and abilities
          • States won by lucky circumstances and someone else's armed forces
          • States won by crime
          • Monarchy with public support
          • Assessing a state's strength
          • Church states
          • Different kinds of armies and a consideration of mercenary forces
          • Auxiliaries, combined forces and citizen armies
          • A ruler and his army
          • What men and particularly rulers are praised and blamed for
          • Generosity and meanness
          • Cruelty and compassion. Whether it is better to be feared or loved
          • A ruler and his promises
          • Avoiding contempt and hatred
          • Whether fortresses and other strategies rulers frequently adopt are useful
          • What a ruler should do to win respect
          • A ruler's ministers
          • Avoiding flatterers
          • Why Italian rulers have lost their states
          • The role of luck in human affairs, and how to defend against it
          • An appeal to conquer Italy and free it from foreign occupation
          • Glossary of proper names.
          ISBN
          • 9780143105862 ((paperback))
          • 0143105868 ((paperback))
          LCCN
          2009028233
          OCLC
          426253871
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