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The Prince
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The Prince is a work by Niccolo Machiavelli. The original was written on Old Earth circa 464 BT (1505 AD)and published 454 BT (1515 AD). The "Revised Hyperturing edition", published in the Corona Orbital Bands in 9805 AT by a superbright human author with the same name is more widely known in the present day. The chapter headings of the more modern work are:
Chapter I How Many Kinds Of Empires There Are, And By What Means They Are Acquired
Chapter II Concerning Hierarchical Empires
Chapter III Concerning Non-Hierarchical Empires
Chapter IV Why The Dionysian Erotocracy, Conquered By the Conver Ambi, Did Not Rebel Against The Successors Of It After The Second Consolidation War
Chapter V Concerning The Way To Govern Orbitals Or Polities Which Lived Under Their Own Laws Before They Were Annexed
Chapter VI Concerning New Polities Which Are Constructed By One's Own Arms And Ability
Chapter VII Concerning New Polities Which Are Acquired Either By The Arms Of Others Or By Good Fortune
Chapter VIII Concerning Those Who Have Obtained A Polity By Infowar
Chapter IX Concerning A Civil Polity
Chapter X Concerning The Way In Which The Strength Of All Empires Ought To Be Measured
Chapter XI Concerning Ecclesiastical Empires
Chapter XII How Many Kinds Of Weapons There Are, And Concerning Mercenaries
Chapter XIII Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, And One's Own
Chapter XIV That Which Concerns An Archai On The Subject Of The Art Of War
Chapter XV Concerning Things For Which Entities, And Especially AIs, 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 Archai Should Keep Faith
Chapter XIX That One Should Avoid Being Despised And Hated
Chapter XX Are ISOs, And Many Other Things To Which Archai Often Resort, Advantageous Or Hurtful?
Chapter XXI How An Archai Should Conduct Emself As To Gain Renown
Chapter XXII Concerning The Seraiphim of Archai
Chapter XXIII How Flatterers Should Be Avoided
Chapter XXIV The Archai Of The Perseus Arm Have Lost Their Polities
Chapter XXV What Fortune Can Effect In Posthuman Affairs, And How To Withstand Her
Chapter XXVI An Exhortation To Liberate The Perseus Arm From The Amalgamation
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Development Notes
Text by Anders Sandberg; minor additions by Stephen Inniss
Initially published on 14 September 2001.
Initially published on 14 September 2001.
