《군주론》은 이탈리아의 외교관이자 정치철학자인 니콜로 마키아벨리가 저술한 16세기의 정치학 저술이다. 마키아벨리의 서한으로 보건데 De Principatibus라는 라틴어 제목의 한 소책자가 1513년에 이미 널리 읽혀쟜다.
마키아벨리의 "군주론"이라고 하면 목적을 위해서는 수단방법을 가리지 않는 권모술수의 원전이라고 알려지고 있다. 그것은 틀린 것은 아니다. 그러나 도덕적 견지에서 그를 악마의 대변자로 비난하는 것으로 끝나서는 안된다.
INTRODUCTION
YOUTH Aet. 1-25?1469-94
OFFICE Aet. 25-43?1494-1512
LITERATURE AND DEATH Aet. 43-58?1512-27
THE MAN AND HIS WORKS
DEDICATION
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 HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED
CHAPTER XXIV WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES
CHAPTER XXV WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER
CHAPTER XXVI AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS
