It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
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