Renaissance · English
The Prince
The Prince, by Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), from Project Gutenberg's public-domain text.
Chapters
- 01Chapter Iprose
- 02Chapter II — CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIESprose
- 03Chapter III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIESprose
- 04Chapter IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBELprose
- 05Chapter Vprose
- 06Chapter VIprose
- 07Chapter VIIprose
- 08Chapter VIII — CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESSprose
- 09Chapter IX — CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITYprose
- 10Chapter Xprose
- 11Chapter XI — CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIESprose
- 12Chapter XII — HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIESprose
- 13Chapter XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE’S OWNprose
- 14Chapter XIV — THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WARprose
- 15Chapter XVprose
- 16Chapter XVI — CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESSprose
- 17Chapter XVII — CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVEDprose
- 18Chapter XVIII — [1]prose
- 19Chapter XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATEDprose
- 20Chapter XX — ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT,prose
- 21Chapter XXI — HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWNprose
- 22Chapter XXII — CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCESprose
- 23Chapter XXIII — HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDEDprose
- 24Chapter XXIV — WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATESprose
- 25Chapter XXV — WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HERprose
- 26Chapter XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANSprose