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The book was initially composed in 1679, but it was first published in 1709. Bossuet had died in 1704, and the book was published posthumously. The book is incomplete. Bossuet's role as a tutor ended in 1679 or 1680 and he had no reason to continue working on the education of Louis. He resumed
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In what the true happiness of kings consists. The 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.
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Unlike most of his contemporaries, in this work, Bossuet has only minimal recourse to classical sources. Rather, the work is drawn almost entirely from the Bible (including the
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Fourth Article. On the virtues which must accompany justice.
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First Article. Noting its essential characteristics.
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Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture
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