The Prince
- 2h 8m
- Mitch Horowitz, Niccolò Machiavelli
- G&D Media
- 2019
The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli. Throughout his lifetime and in the years that followed, Machiavelli, an Italian diplomat, was best known for his strategic thinking in the world of politics and power.
Machiavelli’s writings have remained timely and highly controversial. The Prince is often claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal.
The Prince has the general theme of accepting that the aims of princes―such as glory and survival―can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends.
You will learn: • The best way to prepare for conflict • The traits of strong and weak leaders • How to secure loyalty from others • How to best deal with your enemies • If it’s better to be feared or loved • The best kinds of friends and allies
Using his philosophy on psychology and power to achieve everything you set out to do, The Prince will provide you with the fundamental traits that help to cultivate a successful leader.
In this Book
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Introduction to This Edition—A New Look at an Old Devil
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Introduction—Machiavelli's the Prince
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How Many Kinds of Principalities There are and by What Means They are Acquired
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Concerning Hereditary Principalities
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Concerning Mixed Principalities
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Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not Rebel against the Successors of Alexander at His Death
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Concerning the Way to Govern Cities or Principalities Which Lived under Their Own Laws before They were Annexed
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Concerning New Principalities Which are Acquired by One's Own Arms and Ability
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Concerning New Principalities Which are Acquired Either by the Arms of others or by Good Fortune
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Concerning Those Who Have Obtained a Principality by Wickedness
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Concerning a Civil Principality
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Concerning the Way in Which the Strength of All Principalities Ought to Be Measured
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Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities
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How Many Kinds of Soldiery There are, and concerning Mercenaries
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Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One's Own
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That Which Concerns a Prince on the Subject of the Art of War
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Concerning Things for Which Men, and Especially Princes, are Praised or Blamed
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Concerning Liberality and Meanness
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Concerning Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether it is Better to Be Loved than Feared
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Concerning the Way in Which Princes Should Keep Faith
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That One Should Avoid Being Despised and Hated
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Are Fortresses, and Many other Things to Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous or Hurtful?
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How a Prince Should Conduct Himself So as to Gain Renown
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Concerning the Secretaries of Princes
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How Flatterers Should Be Avoided
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Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States
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What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs and How to Withstand Her
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An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians
