Machiavelli - The Prince

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2、gthestructureofasentenceorathought.Everyfour-pointellipsis....indicatestheomissionofabriefpassagethatseemstopresentmoredifficultythanitisworth.Longeromissionsarereportedbetweenbracketsinnormal-sizedtype.—Thedivisionintotwenty-sixchaptersisMachiavelli’s;thedivisionintotwoPartsisnot.—Previoustranslat

3、ionsthathavebeencontinuouslyconsultedare:—translatedandeditedbyRobertMartinAdams(NortonCriticalEdition,1977).Don’tconfusethisAdams(b.1915)withthenowbetter-knownRobertMerrihewAdams(b.1937).[borrowedfromonpages35and45]—translatedbyRussellPriceandeditedbyQuentinSkinner(CambridgeU.P.,1988)[borrowedfro

4、monpage40]—editedandtranslatedbyPeterConstantine(ModernLibrary,2007),—translatedbyTimParks(PenguinClassics,2009).[borrowedfromonpage53]Ofthese,themostswinginglyreadableversionisParks’s,thoughitembellishestheoriginalmorethananyotherversion,includingthepresentone.Eachoftheotherthreehashelpfulexplana

5、torynotes.Parkshasa’glossaryofpropernames’.Thepresentversionreceivedmanysmallhelpsfromthesepredecessorsinadditiontothefouracknowledgedabove.Firstlaunched:August2010ThePrinceNiccolòMachiavelliContentsDedication:TohisMagnificenceLorenzoDiPieroDe’Medici1PartI:Kindsofprincipality;howtogetandretainthem2

6、Chapter1:Differentkindsofprincipalities,andhowtoacquirethem2Chapter2:Hereditaryprincipalities2Chapter3:Mixedprincipalities3Chapter4:WhyDarius’skingdom,conqueredbyAlexander,didn’trebelagainsthissuccessorsafterhisdeath8Chapter5:Howtogoverncitiesorprincipalitiesthatlivedundertheirownlawsbeforetheywer

7、eannexed10Chapter6:Newprincipalitiesthatareacquiredbyone’sownarmsandvirtù11Chapter7:Newprincipalitiesacquiredbythearmsandthefortunaofothers13Chapter8:Principalityobtainedthroughwickedness17Chapter9:Civilprincipal