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xi, 283 pages ; 25 cm. |
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Great books of the Western world ; v. 23 |
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Great books of the Western world ; v. 23.
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| Contents |
Prince: How many kinds of principalities there are, and by what means they are acquired -- Concerning hereditary principalities -- Concerning mixed principalities -- Why the kingdom of Darius, conquered by Alexander, did not rebel against the successors of Alexander at his death -- Concerning the way to govern cities or principalities, which lived under their own laws before they were annexed -- Concerning prinicipalities which are acquired by one's own arms and ability -- Concerning new principalities which are acquired either by the arms of others or by good fortune -- Concerning those who have obtained a principality by wickedness -- Concerning a civil principality -- Concerning the way in which the strength of all principalities ought to be measured -- Concerning ecclesiastical principalities -- How many kinds of soldiery there are and concerning mercenaries -- Concerning auxiliaries, mixed soldiery, and one's own -- That which concerns a prince on the subject of the art of war -- Concerning things for which men, and especially princes, are praised or blamed -- Concerning liberality and meaness -- Concerning cruelty and clemency, and whether it is better to be loved than feared -- Concerning the way in which princes should keep the faith -- That one should avoid being despised and hated -- Are fortresses, and many other things to which princes resort, advantageous or hurtful? -- How a prince should conduct himself so as to gain renown -- Concerning the secretaries of princes -- How flatterers should by avoided -- Why the princes of Italy have lost their states -- What fortune can effect in human affairs, and how to withstand her -- Exhortation to liberate Italy from the barbarians -- Leviathan / Thomas Hobbes. |
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Political science -- Early works to 1800.
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Political ethics.
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State, The.
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Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
Leviathan.
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Marriott, W. K. (William K.), translator.
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Fuller, Nelle, editor.
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Principe. English
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Leviathan. |
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