The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems (1700)
Saavedra Fajardo, Diego de, 1584-1648, Astry, James, Sir · London Printed for M. Gylliflower and L. Meredith · leaf 227
ftion his Care and Concern for things here be-low, that counterfeit his Omnipotence, and afcribe toJiim what he is not the Author of? What certaintyin Religion can the People promiie themfelves, if theyfee it wrefted to ferve the particular Ends of Princes ,and that tis nothing but a Veil with… … PRudence is the Rule and Meafure of Virtues, without that theíé degenerate into Vices. Whereforas other Virtues have theirs in the Appetite, this has itrefidence in the Intellect, from thence prefiding ovethem all. Agatbo calls it a great Goddeis. This itwhich conftitutes the three Forms of…
Political science · Kings and rulers
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