God is infinite, God is all. The prince, as prince, is not regarded as a private person: he is a public personage, all the state is in him; the will of all the people is included in his. As all perfection and all strength are united in God, so all the power of individuals is united in the person of the prince. What grandeur that a single man should embody so much?

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Ricky

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30 January, 04:43

God is infinite, God is all. The prince, as prince, is not regarded as a private person: he is a public personage, all the state is in him; the will of all the people is included in his. As all perfection and all strength are united in God, so all the power of individuals is united in the person of the prince. What grandeur that a single man should embody so much?

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Skylar Koch · Answer 1

This speech is from Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, an 18th-century French bishop. According to him, a Prince is ONLY a God's representant on Earth, and because of that, a single man with this power was a grandeur honor. Most important, however, is the political inclination of Bousset. When we look at this speech, we see an alignment with the Absolutism.