The prince : a revised translation, backgrounds, interpretations, marginalia

Title:

The prince : a revised translation, backgrounds, interpretations, marginalia

Author:

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.

Publication Information:

New York : Norton, c1992.

Format:

Books

Series:

Norton critical edition

Carrier Type:

xix, 288 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject Term:

Political science -- Early works to 1800.

Political ethics.

Added Author:

Adams, Robert Martin, 1915-

ISBN:

9780393962208

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Accurate, highly readable, and thoroughly revised for the Second Edition, this translation renders Machiavelli's 1513 political tract into clear and concise English.

"Backgrounds" relies entirely upon Machiavelli's other writings to place this central Florentine in his proper political and historical context. Included are excerpts from The Discourses, a report from a diplomatic mission, a collection of private letters, and two poems from Carnival Songs.

"Interpretations" retains three of the previous edition's seminal essays while adding five selections by Felix Gilbert, Federico Chabod, J. H. Whitfield, Isaiah Berlin, and Robert M. Adams.

"Marginalia" is an eclectic collection of writings germane to both Machiavelli and The Prince. Of the eight selections represented, five of them are new to the Second Edition, including Pasquale Villari's comic portrayal of Machiavelli's first diplomatic post in 1499, Francesco Guicciardini's lofty rebuttal to Machiavelli, and a collection of Tuscan Sayings to further the reader's understanding of this timeless text.

An updated Selected Bibliography is also included.

Christian Gauss

Introduction to the Mentor Edition	p. 7
1. The various kinds of Government and the ways by which they are established	p. 33
2. Of Hereditary Monarchies	p. 34
3. Of Mixed Monarchies	p. 35
4. Why the Kingdom of Darius, occupied by Alexander, did not rebel against the successors of the latter after his death	p. 43
5. The way to govern Cities or Dominions that, previous to being occupied, lived under their own Laws	p. 46
6. Of New Dominions which have been acquired by one's own arms and ability	p. 48
7. Of New Dominions acquired by the Power of others or by Fortune	p. 52
8. Of those who have attained the position of Prince by villainy	p. 59
9. Of the Civic Principality	p. 63
10. How the strength of all States should be measured	p. 67
11. Of Ecclesiastical Principalities	p. 69
12. The different kinds of Militia and Mercenary Soldiers	p. 72
13. Of Auxiliary, Mixed, and Native Troops	p. 77
14. The Duties of a Prince with regard to the Militia	p. 81
15. Of the things for which Men, and especially Princes, are praised or blamed	p. 84
16. Of Liberality and Niggardliness	p. 86
17. Of Cruelty and Clemency, and whether it is better to be loved or feared	p. 89
18. In what way Princes must keep Faith	p. 92
19. That we must avoid being despised and hated	p. 95
20. Whether Fortresses and other things which Princes often contrive are useful or injurious	p. 105
21. How a Prince must act in order to gain reputation	p. 110
22. Of the Secretaries of Princes	p. 114
23. How Flatterers must be shunned	p. 116
24. Why the Princes of Italy have lost their States	p. 118
25. How much Fortune can do in human affairs and how it may be opposed	p. 120
26. Exhortation to liberate Italy from the Barbarians	p. 124

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