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id: chapter_01-how_many_kinds_principalities_there_are_and_by_what_means_they_are_acquired
title: chapter_01-how_many_kinds_principalities_there_are_and_by_what_means_they_are_acquired
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summary:
  There are many principalities and republics in the world. Principals are either hereditary or new. New principalities are annexed to the hereditary state of the prince who has acquired them. They are acquired either by the arms or by fortune or by ability.


id: chapter_14-that_which_concerns_a_prince_on_the_subject_the_art_war
title: chapter_14-that_which_concerns_a_prince_on_the_subject_the_art_war
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txt: txt/chapter_14-that_which_concerns_a_prince_on_the_subject_the_art_war.txt
summary:
  A prince's aim should be to master the art of war and its rules and discipline. War is the sole art that belongs to him who rules, and it is of such force that it often enables men to rise from a private station to that rank. When princes have thought more of ease than of arms, they have lost their states.


id: chapter_02-concerning_hereditary_principalities
title: chapter_02-concerning_hereditary_principalities
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summary:
  There are fewer difficulties in holding hereditary states and those long accustomed to the family of their prince than new ones. The hereditary prince has less cause and less necessity to offend. He will be more loved than a new usurper. He is more likely to be well-liked than to be hated.


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id:
  chapter_05-concerning_the_way_to_govern_cities_or_principalities_which_lived_under_their_own_laws_before_they_were_annexed

title:
  chapter_05-concerning_the_way_to_govern_cities_or_principalities_which_lived_under_their_own_laws_before_they_were_annexed

summary:
  There are three ways to become a ruler of a state. The first is to ruin them, the next is to reside there in person, and the third is to permit them to live under their own laws and establish an oligarchy within it.

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id: chapter_22-concerning_the_secretaries_princes
title: chapter_22-concerning_the_secretaries_princes
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summary:
  The choice of a prince's servants is of no little importance to a prince. A prince can only form a good opinion of his servants if they are capable and faithful. If they are not, the prime error made by the prince was in choosing them.


id: chapter_24-princes_italy_have_lost_their_states
title: chapter_24-princes_italy_have_lost_their_states
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sentence: 9
flesch: 41
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txt: txt/chapter_24-princes_italy_have_lost_their_states.txt
summary:
  A new prince will be able to gain more men and bind tighter than an hereditary one. He will be more secure and fixed in the state than if he had been long seated there. The seigniors who have lost their states in Italy in our times have a common defect in regard to arms. In the absence of these defects states that have power enough to keep an army in the field cannot be lost.


id: chapter_15-concerning_things_for_which_men_and_especially_princes_are_praised_or_blamed
title: chapter_15-concerning_things_for_which_men_and_especially_princes_are_praised_or_blamed
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flesch: 39
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txt: txt/chapter_15-concerning_things_for_which_men_and_especially_princes_are_praised_or_blamed.txt
summary:
  There are rules of conduct for a prince towards his subjects and friends. Princes are remarkable for some of the qualities that bring them either blame or praise. They are reputed liberal, reputed generous, rapacious, cruel, compassionate, faithless, faithful, weak, cowardly, brave, affable, haughty, lascivious, chaste, sincere, cunning, hard, easy, one grave, another frivolous.


id: chapter_23-how_flatterers_should_be_avoided
title: chapter_23-how_flatterers_should_be_avoided
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flesch: 58
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txt: txt/chapter_23-how_flatterers_should_be_avoided.txt
summary:
  Flatters are a danger to princes. Princes should choose wise councillors and listen to their opinions before forming his own conclusions. Maximilian, the present emperor, never got his own way because he consulted with no one and was secretive.


id: chapter_10-concerning_the_way_in_which_the_strength_all_principalities_ought_to_be_measured
title: chapter_10-concerning_the_way_in_which_the_strength_all_principalities_ought_to_be_measured
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words: 719
sentence: 13
flesch: 42
txt: txt/chapter_10-concerning_the_way_in_which_the_strength_all_principalities_ought_to_be_measured.txt
summary:
  There are two types of princes: those who can support themselves by their own resources and those who need the help of others. In the first case, princes are encouraged to provision and fortify their towns, and not on any account to defend the country. The cities of Germany are absolutely free, they own but little, and they yield obedience to the emperor when it suits them.

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id: chapter_16-concerning_liberality_and_meanness
title: chapter_16-concerning_liberality_and_meanness
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flesch: 52
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txt: txt/chapter_16-concerning_liberality_and_meanness.txt
summary:
  In chapter XVI of "Concerning Liberalism and Meansess" Pope Julius the Second was assisted in reaching the papacy by a reputation for liberalism, but he didn't keep it up after he made war on the King of France and made many wars without imposing extraordinary taxes.


id: chapter_18-concerning_the_way_in_which_princes_should_keep_faith
title: chapter_18-concerning_the_way_in_which_princes_should_keep_faith
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txt: txt/chapter_18-concerning_the_way_in_which_princes_should_keep_faith.txt
summary:
  There are two ways of contesting: by law and by force. The first method is proper to men, the second to beasts. It is necessary for a prince to know how to make use of both natures. Achilles and other princes of old were given to the Centaur Chiron to nurse.


id: chapter_11-concerning_ecclesiastical_principalities
title: chapter_11-concerning_ecclesiastical_principalities
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flesch: 53
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summary:
  Before Charles, King of France, passed into Italy, the country was under the dominion of the Pope, the Venetians, the King of Naples, the Duke of Milan, and the Florentines. Now a king of France has been able to drive him from Italy and ruin Venetian power.


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id:
  chapter_04-why_the_kingdom_darius_conquered_by_alexander_did_not_rebel_against_the_successors_alexander_at_his_death

title:
  chapter_04-why_the_kingdom_darius_conquered_by_alexander_did_not_rebel_against_the_successors_alexander_at_his_death

summary:
  Alexander the Great conquered the kingdom of Durga and ruled it for a few years before he died. Alexander's successors did not rebel against Alexander at his death. The Turk and the King of France are two examples of two different principalities governed in different ways.

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id: chapter_21-how_a_prince_should_conduct_himself_so_as_to_gain_renown
title: chapter_21-how_a_prince_should_conduct_himself_so_as_to_gain_renown
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flesch: 54
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txt: txt/chapter_21-how_a_prince_should_conduct_himself_so_as_to_gain_renown.txt
summary:
   Ferdinand of Aragon has risen from being an insignificant king to being the foremost king in Christendom. He attacked Granada in the beginning of his reign and laid the foundation of his dominions. He assailed Africa, came down on Italy and attacked France. His achievements and designs have always been great.


id: chapter_13-concerning_auxiliaries_mixed_soldiery_and_ones_own
title: chapter_13-concerning_auxiliaries_mixed_soldiery_and_ones_own
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txt: txt/chapter_13-concerning_auxiliaries_mixed_soldiery_and_ones_own.txt
summary:
  Pope Julius II used auxiliaries instead of mercenaries in his invasion of Ferrara. He was defeated by the Switzers. The Florentines sent ten thousand Frenchmen to take Pisa. The Emperor of Constantinople sent 10,000 Turks into Greece.


id: chapter_25-what_fortune_can_effect_in_human_affairs_and_how_to_withstand_her
title: chapter_25-what_fortune_can_effect_in_human_affairs_and_how_to_withstand_her
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txt: txt/chapter_25-what_fortune_can_effect_in_human_affairs_and_how_to_withstand_her.txt
summary:
  Fortunety is the arbiter of one half of human actions, but still leaves us to direct the other half. He compares fortune to one of those raging rivers, which when in flood overflows the plains, sweeping away trees and buildings, and bearing away the soil from place to place. Italy, which is the seat of these changes, is an open country without barriers and without any defence.


id: chapter_09-concerning_a_civil_principality
title: chapter_09-concerning_a_civil_principality
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summary:
  A civil principality is obtained either by the favour of the people or by the favor of the nobles. People do not wish to be ruled nor oppressed by the nobles, and the nobles want to rule and oppress the people. A prince can never secure himself against a hostile people, because of their being too many, whereas from the nobles he can secure himself.


id: chapter_06-concerning_new_principalities_which_are_acquired_by_ones_own_arms_and_ability
title: chapter_06-concerning_new_principalities_which_are_acquired_by_ones_own_arms_and_ability
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summary:
  Moses, Cyrus, Romulus, Theseus, and Cyrus are examples of those who have risen to be princes by their own ability and not through fortune. Moses was an executor of the will of God. Cyrus founded kingdoms.


id: chapter_20-fortresses_and_many_other_things_to_which_princes_often_resort_advantageous_or_hurtful
title: chapter_20-fortresses_and_many_other_things_to_which_princes_often_resort_advantageous_or_hurtful
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summary:
  Some princes have disarmed their subjects to hold securely the state, others have kept their subject towns by factions, others fostered enmities against themselves, some have built fortresses, some overthrown and destroyed them. New princes have always armed their subjects, because by arming them, those men who were distrustful become faithful, and those who were faithful are kept.

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id: chapter_26-exhortation_to_liberate_italy_from_the_barbarians
title: chapter_26-exhortation_to_liberate_italy_from_the_barbarians
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txt: txt/chapter_26-exhortation_to_liberate_italy_from_the_barbarians.txt
summary:
  There is a need for a new prince in Italy. The present times are propitious to such a prince. Italy has suffered a lot in the past. God wants to deliver Italy from the current situation. Italy is ready to follow a banner if someone will raise it.


id: chapter_17-concerning_cruelty_and_clemency_and_whether_it_is_better_to_be_loved_than_feared
title: chapter_17-concerning_cruelty_and_clemency_and_whether_it_is_better_to_be_loved_than_feared
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summary:
  It is better to be loved than feared. New states are full of dangers, so it is impossible for a new prince to avoid the reproach of cruelty. Prince should be slow to believe and to act, but proceed in a temperate manner with humanity.

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id: chapter_12-how_many_kinds_soldiery_there_are_and_concerning_mercenaries
title: chapter_12-how_many_kinds_soldiery_there_are_and_concerning_mercenaries
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summary:
  The foundations of all states are good laws and good arms. Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous. They are disunited, ambitious, without discipline, unfaithful, valiant before friends and cowardly before enemies. They have neither the fear of God nor fidelity to men. They take themselves off or run from the foe in war.


id: chapter_08-concerning_those_who_have_obtained_a_principality_by_wickedness
title: chapter_08-concerning_those_who_have_obtained_a_principality_by_wickedness
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summary:
  There are two ways in which a prince can rise from a private position to become a prince: by wickedness or by the favour of his fellow-citizens. Agathocles, the Sicilian, became King of Syracuse from a low and abject position. Hamilcar, the Carthaginian, killed all the senators and the richest of the people and took control of Syracuse by force.


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id:
  chapter_07-concerning_new_principalities_which_are_acquired_either_by_the_arms_others_or_by_good_fortune

title:
  chapter_07-concerning_new_principalities_which_are_acquired_either_by_the_arms_others_or_by_good_fortune

summary:
  Francesco Sforza and Cesare Borgia rose to be princes by good fortune or by ability. They were called Duke Valentino and Duke of Milan respectively. They are examples of those who rise unexpectedly to become princes.

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id: chapter_03-concerning_mixed_principalities
title: chapter_03-concerning_mixed_principalities
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summary:
  Louis XII, King of France, quickly occupied Milan and quickly lost it. Lodovico took Milan a second time to turn Louis XII out. Louis XII was eventually defeated and driven out of Italy. Louis XI's son, Louis VII, took Milan again.


id: chapter_19-that_one_should_avoid_being_despised_and_hated
title: chapter_19-that_one_should_avoid_being_despised_and_hated
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flesch: 36
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txt: txt/chapter_19-that_one_should_avoid_being_despised_and_hated.txt
summary:
  A prince should avoid being hated or contemptible. He should show greatness, courage, gravity, and fortitude in his private dealings with his subjects and maintain his reputation. He is protected by being well armed and having good allies. He can only be attacked with difficulty if he is highly esteemed by his people.


