THE PRINCE (CHUMP CHANGE EDITION) IBD

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Unabridged version of THE PRINCE, by Niccolo Machiavelli and translated by N. H. Thomson, offered here for chump change.From 1513, THE PRINCE is divided into chapters covering ruling power, be it in the office or across continents. Topics include power forms (mixed, heredity), power acquisition (with help, through criminal acts), and power aspects (bearing, flatters, secretaries).Read it.á Learn from it. Use it.áContentsáDEDICATIONááááá 3CHAPTER I: OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PRINCEDOM, AND OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY ARE ACQUIREDááááááááááááááá 3CHAPTER II: OF HEREDITARY PRINCEDOMSáááááááááá 3CHAPTER III: OF MIXED PRINCEDOMSáááá 4CHAPTER IV: WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT, ON ALEXANDER&rsquo,S DEATH, REBEL AGAINST HIS SUCCESSORSááááááááá 7CHAPTER V: HOW CITIES OR PROVINCES WHICH BEFORE THEIR ACQUISITION HAVE LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS ARE TO BE GOVERNEDáá 8CHAPTER VI: OF NEW PRINCEDOMS WHICH A PRINCE ACQUIRES WITH HIS OWN ARMS AND BY MERITáá 9CHAPTER VII: OF NEW PRINCEDOMS ACQUIRED BY THE AID OF OTHERS AND BY GOOD FORTUNEááááááááááááá 11CHAPTER VIII: OF THOSE WHO BY THEIR CRIMES COME TO BE PRINCESáá 14CHAPTER IX: OF THE CIVIL PRINCEDOMá 16CHAPTER X: HOW THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCEDOMS SHOULD BE MEASURED 17CHAPTER XI: OF ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCEDOMSá 18CHAPTER XII: HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOLDIERS THERE ARE, AND OF MERCENARIESáááá 19CHAPTER XIII: OF AUXILIARY, MIXED, AND NATIONAL ARMSáááááá 21CHAPTER XIV: OF THE DUTY OF A PRINCE IN RESPECT OF MILITARY AFFAIRSáááááááá 23CHAPTER XV: OF THE QUALITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH MEN, AND MOST OF ALL PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMEDáááááá 24CHAPTER XVI: OF LIBERALITY AND MISERLINESSááááááááááááááá 25CHAPTER XVII: OF CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED OR FEAREDáááááááááá 26CHAPTER XVIII: HOW PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITHáááááááá 27CHAPTER XIX: THAT A PRINCE SHOULD SEEK TO ESCAPE CONTEMPT AND HATREDáááááááááááá 28CHAPTER XX: WHETHER FORTRESSES, AND CERTAIN OTHER EXPEDIENTS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN HAVE RECOURSE, ARE PROFITABLE OR HURTFULááááááááááá 33CHAPTER XXI: HOW A PRINCE SHOULD BEAR HIMSELF SO AS TO ACQUIRE REPUTATION 35CHAPTER XXII: OF THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCESáááááááááááááá 36CHAPTER XXIII: THAT FLATTERERS SHOULD BE SHUNNEDáááááááááááááá 37CHAPTER XXIV: WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATESáááá 38CHAPTER XXV: WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS, AND HOW SHE MAY BE WITHSTOODá 38CHAPTER XXVI: AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANSáá 40