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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: To sustain his new principality, a prince must value his subjects and guard against ruthless rivals closely.
Chapter 3: Principalities may indeed be easy to seize yet hard to govern, or hard to seize yet easy to govern.
Chapter 4: Gaining new principalities relies on both fortune and virtue.
Chapter 5: Wickedness and popular support alike are paths to becoming a prince.
Chapter 6: Each prince must master the art of war.
Chapter 7: To defend your principality, you need your own army, not mercenaries or auxiliary troops.
Chapter 8: A prince must balance generosity against miserliness.
Chapter 9: A successful prince may wield cruelty to advantage, yet must still avoid being hated.
Chapter 10: A successful prince knows when to employ deceit and how to mask it skillfully.
Chapter 11: A prince must gather good advisors and know how to solicit counsel wisely.
Chapter 12: Take action—never leave your fate in the hands of fortune alone entirely.
Description
The Prince is a 16th century guide on how to be an autocratic leader of a country. It explains why ends like glory and power always justify even brutal means for princes. Thanks to this book, the word “Machiavellian” came to mean using deceit and cunning to one’s advantage.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone who wants to understand how autocratic leaders think
- Anyone interested in political philosophy/history
- Anyone who wants to know what truly cold, amoral leadership looks like