The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli's short treatise on how a ruler wins and keeps power, written in Florence in 1513. It is blunt about the gap between how people ought to behave and how they do, and it founded modern political realism.
- Chapters
- 27
- Narration
- 3 hours
- Original language
- Italian
- Translation
- W. K. Marriott
Chapters
- 1Dedication3 min
- 2Chapter I: How Many Kinds of Principalities there are, and by What Means they are Acquired1 min
- 3Chapter II: Concerning Hereditary Principalities2 min
- 4Chapter III: Concerning Mixed Principalities17 min
- 5Chapter IV: Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not Rebel Against the Successors of Alexander at His Death6 min
- 6Chapter V: Concerning the Way to Govern Cities or Principalities which Lived Under Their Own Laws Before they Were Annexed3 min
- 7Chapter VI: Concerning New Principalities which are Acquired by One’s Own Arms and Ability7 min
- 8Chapter VII: Concerning New Principalities which are Acquired Either by the Arms of Others or by Good Fortune15 min
- 9Chapter VIII: Concerning Those Who Have Obtained a Principality by Wickedness9 min
- 10Chapter IX: Concerning a Civil Principality7 min
- 11Chapter X: Concerning the Way in which the Strength of All Principalities Ought to be Measured4 min
- 12Chapter XI: Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities5 min
- 13Chapter XII: How Many Kinds of Soldiery there are, and Concerning Mercenaries10 min
- 14Chapter XIII: Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One’s Own8 min
- 15Chapter XIV: That which Concerns a Prince on the Subject of the Art of War5 min
- 16Chapter XV: Concerning Things for which Men, and Especially Princes, are Praised or Blamed3 min
- 17Chapter XVI: Concerning Liberality and Meanness5 min
- 18Chapter XVII: Concerning Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether it is Better to be Loved Than Feared6 min
- 19Chapter XVIII: Concerning the Way in which Princes Should Keep Faith6 min
- 20Chapter XIX: That One Should Avoid Being Despised and Hated21 min
- 21Chapter XX: Are Fortresses, and Many Other Things to which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous or Hurtful?9 min
- 22Chapter XXI: How a Prince Should Conduct Himself So as to Gain Renown7 min
- 23Chapter XXII: Concerning the Secretaries of Princes3 min
- 24Chapter XXIII: How Flatterers Should be Avoided4 min
- 25Chapter XXIV: Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States3 min
- 26Chapter XXV: What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs and How to Withstand Her7 min
- 27Chapter XXVI: An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians8 min
The Prince is in the public domain. This audiobook is narrated by an AI voice, from the complete text, with nothing abridged. The text follows the narration word by word while you listen.