Note 841 — Chapter VII · SCHOOLS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS AND SOPHISTS.

Upon this point Father Paul observes:—"We must reduce under the title of justice everything that may contribute to the service of the state; for the prince has no greater justice than to preserve to himself the quality of prince, and, in order to this, to keep his subjects in a dutiful subjection to his authority."—Max. of the Gov. of Venice, chap. i. § 1.