THE END.

CONTENTS
OF
DE MONARCHIA.

[BOOK I.]

WHETHER A TEMPORAL MONARCHY IS NECESSARY FOR THE
WELL-BEING OF THE WORLD?

CHAP.PAGE
[I.]—Introduction[177]
[II.]—What is the end of the civil order of mankind?[178]
[III.]—It is to cause the whole power of the human intellect to act in speculation and operation[180]
[IV.]—To attain this end, mankind needs universal peace[184]
[V.]—When several means are ordained to gain an end, one of them must be supreme over the others[185]
[VI.]—The order which is found in the parts of mankind ought to be found in mankind as a whole[188]
[VII.]—Kingdoms and nations ought to stand in the same relation to the monarch as mankind to God[189]
[VIII.]—Men were made in the image of God; but God is one[ib.]
[IX.]—Men are the children of Heaven, and they ought to imitate the footprints of Heaven[190]
[X.]—There is need of a Supreme Judge for the decision of all quarrels[191]
[XI.]—The world is best ordered when justice is strongest therein[192]
[XII.]—Men are at their best in freedom[198]
[XIII.]—He who is best qualified to rule can best order others[201]
[XIV.]—When it is possible, it is better to gain an end by one agent than by many[203]
[XV.]—That which is most one is everywhere best[206]
[XVI.]—Christ willed to be born in the fulness of time, when Augustus was monarch[209]

[BOOK II.]

WHETHER THE ROMAN PEOPLE ASSUMED TO ITSELF BY RIGHT THE
DIGNITY OF EMPIRE?

CHAP.PAGE
[I.]—Introduction[211]
[II.]—That which God wills in human society is to be held as Right[213]
[III.]—It was fitting for the Romans, as being the noblest nation, to be preferred before all others[216]
[IV.]—The Roman Empire was helped by miracles, and therefore was willed by God[220]
[V.]—The Romans, in bringing the world into subjection, aimed at the good of the state, and therefore at the end of Right[223]
[VI.]—All men, who aim at Right, walk according to Right[229]
[VII.]—The Romans were ordained for empire by Nature[232]
[VIII.]—The judgment of God showed that empire fell to the lot of the Romans[235]
[IX.]—The Romans prevailed when all nations were striving for empire[239]
[X.]—What is acquired by single combat is acquired as of Right[243]
[XI.]—The single combats of Rome[247]
[XII.]—Christ, by being born, proves to us that the authority of the Roman Empire was just[250]
[XIII.]—Christ, by dying, confirmed the jurisdiction of the Roman Empire over all mankind[253]