The Prince | Chapters 15-23 Summary
Chapters 15-23
Like the first section of the book, the third spans the length of several chapters. The focus in this section is the prince's subordinates and associates.
It is in this section that the book's famous rejection of conventional morality can be found. Machiavelli proposes the idea that one who is a leader does not need to return loyalty with loyalty; the only thing the prince owes his subjects is military success.
If the rest of the book functions as a textbook, teaching old stories and traditional wisdom to young rulers who are...
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