El príncep
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- anglès
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Cita aquesta obra
- APAMaquiavel. (n.d.). El príncep. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/machiavelli/the-prince
- MLAMaquiavel. "El príncep." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/machiavelli/the-prince.
- ChicagoMaquiavel. El príncep. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/machiavelli/the-prince.
De què tracta
Un manual breu sobre com es conquereix i es conserva el poder polític, escrit mirant què fan els governants de debò i no què haurien de fer.
Context i història
Escrit el 1513, l'any que els Mèdici van tornar a Florència, van fer fora Maquiavel de tots els càrrecs, el van empresonar i el van torturar. El va redactar des del retir forçat al camp, dedicat a Lorenzo de Mèdici, provant de recuperar un lloc a la política. No es va publicar fins al 1532, cinc anys després de la seva mort, i el 1559 va anar a l'Índex de llibres prohibits. Del seu nom en va sortir un adjectiu: pocs llibres han estat tan llegits pels qui manen i tan condemnats en públic.
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CHAPTER I. HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED CHAPTER II. CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES CHAPTER III. CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES CHAPTER IV. WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH CHAPTER V. CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE’S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY CHAPTER X. CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED CHAPTER XI. CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES CHAPTER XII. HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES CHAPTER XIII. CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE’S OWN CHAPTER XIV. THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF WAR CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED CHAPTER XVI. CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS CHAPTER XVII. CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED CHAPTER XVIII. CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH CHAPTER XIX. THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED CHAPTER XX. ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL? CHAPTER XXI. HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN CHAPTER XXII. CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES CHAPTER XXIII.…
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Cites
«Tothom veu el que sembles ser, pocs saben realment el que ets.»
«Un príncep no ha de tenir cap altre objectiu o pensament, ni seleccionar res més per al seu estudi, que la guerra i les seves regles i disciplina.»
«Els homes són tan simples, i tan subjectes a les necessitats presents, que qui busca enganyar sempre trobarà algú que es deixi enganyar.»