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Discourses Penguin Classics (Crick / Walker) — BOOK2

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  • 1. Whether Virtue or Fortune was the Principal Cause of the Empire which Rome acquired (.md)
  • 2. Concerning the Kind of People the Romans had to fight, and how obstinately they defended their Freedom (.md)
  • 3. Rome became a Great City by ruining the Cities round about her, and by granting Foreigners Easy Access to her Honours (.md)
  • 4. Republics have adopted Three Methods of Expansion (.md)
  • 9. What Causes commonly give rise to Wars between Different Powers (.md)
  • 5. Changes of Religion and of Language, together with such Misfortunes as Floods or Pestilences, obliterate the Records of the Past (.md)
  • 6. How the Romans proceeded in the waging of War (.md)
  • 7. How much Land the Romans gave to their Colonists (.md)
  • 8. The Causes which lead Peoples to quit their own Country and to inundate the Lands of Others (.md)
  • 10. Money is not the Sinews of War, as it is commonly supposed to be (.md)
  • 11. It is not a Wise Course to make an Alliance with a Rulera whose Reputation is greater than his Strength (.md)
  • 12. Whether it is better, when threatened with Attack, to assume the Offensive or to await the Outbreak of War (.md)
  • 13. Men rise from a Low to a Great Position by Means rather of Fraud than of Force44 (.md)
  • 14. Men often make the Mistake of supposing that Pride is overcome by Humility (.md)
  • 19. Acquisitions made by Republics, when not well governed nor handled with the Virtue the Romans displayed, contribute to the Downfall, not to the Advancement, of such Republics (.md)
  • 15. The Decisions of Weak States are always fraught with Ambiguity, and the Slowness with which they arrive at them is Harmful (.md)
  • 16. How far the Discipline of Troops in our Day falls short of that maintained in Days gone by46 (.md)
  • 17. In what Esteem Artillery should be held by Armies at the Present Time, and whether the Opinion universally held in its Regard is Sound (.md)
  • 18. That Infantry should be more highly esteemed than Cavalry is shown by the Authority of the Romans and by the Example of Ancient Military Practice (.md)
  • 20. On the Dangers which accrue to the Prince or the Republic that employs Auxiliary or Mercenary Troops (.md)
  • 21. The First Praetor the Romans sent out was to Capua, Four Hundred Years after they had first begun to make War (.md)
  • 22. How frequently Erroneous are the Views Men adopt in regard to Matters of Moment (.md)
  • 23. When Events required that the Romans should pass Judgement on Subject Peoples they avoided a Middle Course51 (.md)
  • 24. Fortresses in General are much more Harmful than Useful (.md)
  • 29. Fortune blinds Men’s Minds when she does not wish them to obstruct her Designs (.md)
  • 25. To attack a Divided City in the Hope that its Divisions will facilitate the Conquest of it is Bad Policy (.md)
  • 26. Scorn and Abuse arouse Hatred against those who indulge in them without bringing them any Advantage (.md)
  • 27. Prudent Princes and Republics should be content with Victory, for, when they are not content with it, they usually lose (.md)
  • 28. How Dangerous it is for a Republic or a Prince not to avenge an Injury done either to the Public or to a Private Person (.md)
  • 30. Really Powerful Republics and Princes do not purchase Alliances with Money, but obtain them by means of the Virtue and the Reputation of their Forces (.md)
  • 31. How Dangerous it is to put Confidence in Refugees (.md)
  • 32. On the Various Methods used by the Romans in taking Towns (.md)
  • 33. The Romans gave to Army Commanders Discretionary Powers (.md)