《君主论》是对佛罗伦萨乃至整个意大利几百年间的“政治实验和激烈变革”以及马基雅维利本人多年从政经验的理论性总结。较为完整地阐述了马基雅维利的君主专制理论和君王权术论，它对意大利长期战争分裂的原因进行了总结，并提出了实现意大利的统一的方案——建立强有力的中央集权国家。自1532年开始印行，迄今470多年，从西方到东方，本书在政界、宗教界、学术等领域引起巨大的反响，被西方评论界列为和《圣经》、《资本论》等相提并论的影响人类历史的十部著作之一。

尼可罗·马基亚维利（意大利语：Niccolò Machiavelli，1469—1527），又译尼科洛·马基雅维利，意大利政治思想家和历史学家。1469年诞生于意大利佛罗伦萨。其思想常被概括为马基雅维利主义。

Dedication
1 HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED
2 CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES
3 CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES
4 WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXAN
DER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEX- ANDER AT HIS DEATH
5 CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALI
TIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED
6 CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE'S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY
7 CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIKS WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EI THER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE
8 CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS
9 CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY
10 CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED
11 CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES .
12 HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CON- CERNING MERCENARIES
13 CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE'S OWN
14 THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR
15 CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED
16 CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS
17 CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETI'ER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED
18 CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH
19 THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED
20 ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINC- ES OF1EN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?
21 HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN
22 CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES
23 HOW FLATI'ERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED
24 WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE IDST THEIR STATES
25 WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER
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