This new edition of the acclaimed translation of Niccolà Machiavelli's The Prince - revised for the first time after thirty years - includes an extended and rewritten introduction by Quentin Skinner, an improved timeline of key events in Machiavelli's life, and a fully updated bibliography.
This new edition of the acclaimed translation of Niccolà Machiavelli's The Prince - revised for the first time after thirty years - includes an extended and rewritten introduction by Quentin Skinner, an improved timeline of key events in Machiavelli's life, and a fully updated bibliography.
Produktdetails
Produktdetails
Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Editorial note Introduction Principal events in Machiavelli's life Bibliographical note Translator's note Map: northern and central Italy, c.1500 Dedicatory letter: Niccolò Machiavelli to His Magnificence Lorenzo de' Medici 1. How many kinds of principality there are, and by what means they are acquired 2. Hereditary principalities 3. Mixed principalities 4. Why the Kingdom of Darius, which Alexander occupied, did not rebel against his successors after Alexander's death 5. By what means cities or provinces that lived under their own laws before they were occupied ought to be administered 6. New principalities acquired by one's own arms and ability 7. New principalities acquired through the arms and fortune of others 8. Those who become rulers through crime 9. The civil principality 10. In what ways the strengths of all principalities should be measured 11. Ecclesiastical principalities 12. How many kinds of soldiers there are, and mercenary troops 13. Auxiliaries, mixed troops and one's own troops 14. How a ruler should act concerning military matters 15. The things for which men, and especially rulers, are praised or blamed 16. Liberality and parsimony 17. Cruelty and mercifulness and whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the contrary 18. In what way rulers should keep their promises 19. How contempt and hatred should be avoided 20. Whether building fortresses, and many other things that rulers frequently do, are useful or useless 21. What a ruler should do in order to be thought outstanding 22. On those whom rulers employ in secret matters 23. How flatterers should be shunned 24. Why the rulers of Italy have lost their states 25. How much control fortune has over human affairs, and by what means she can be resisted 26. An exhortation to seize possession of Italy and assert her liberty from the barbarians Appendix A. Letters relevant to The Prince Appendix B. Notes on the vocabulary of The Prince Biographical notes Index of subjects Index of proper names.
Editorial note Introduction Principal events in Machiavelli's life Bibliographical note Translator's note Map: northern and central Italy, c.1500 Dedicatory letter: Niccolò Machiavelli to His Magnificence Lorenzo de' Medici 1. How many kinds of principality there are, and by what means they are acquired 2. Hereditary principalities 3. Mixed principalities 4. Why the Kingdom of Darius, which Alexander occupied, did not rebel against his successors after Alexander's death 5. By what means cities or provinces that lived under their own laws before they were occupied ought to be administered 6. New principalities acquired by one's own arms and ability 7. New principalities acquired through the arms and fortune of others 8. Those who become rulers through crime 9. The civil principality 10. In what ways the strengths of all principalities should be measured 11. Ecclesiastical principalities 12. How many kinds of soldiers there are, and mercenary troops 13. Auxiliaries, mixed troops and one's own troops 14. How a ruler should act concerning military matters 15. The things for which men, and especially rulers, are praised or blamed 16. Liberality and parsimony 17. Cruelty and mercifulness and whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the contrary 18. In what way rulers should keep their promises 19. How contempt and hatred should be avoided 20. Whether building fortresses, and many other things that rulers frequently do, are useful or useless 21. What a ruler should do in order to be thought outstanding 22. On those whom rulers employ in secret matters 23. How flatterers should be shunned 24. Why the rulers of Italy have lost their states 25. How much control fortune has over human affairs, and by what means she can be resisted 26. An exhortation to seize possession of Italy and assert her liberty from the barbarians Appendix A. Letters relevant to The Prince Appendix B. Notes on the vocabulary of The Prince Biographical notes Index of subjects Index of proper names.
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