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Authority

"Authority is the legitimate power which one person or group possesses and practices over another. A civil state usually makes this formal by way of a judicial branch and an executive branch of government. In the exercise of governance, the terms authority and power sometimes are inaccurately used as synonyms. The term authority identifies political legitimacy, which grants and justifies the right to exercise power of government; and the term power identifies the ability to accomplish an authorized goal, by way either of compliance or of obedience; hence, authority is the power to make decisions and the legitimacy to make such legal decisions and order their execution." - (en.wikipedia.org 03.09.2020)

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Illustration zu "Die Flinte und der Hase" (Lichtwer) und "Das alte Pferd, der alte Mann" (Gleim)[Allegorie auf die Macht des Königs Philipp III. von Spanien; Allégorie sur la puissance de Philippe III, roi d'Espagne][Titel mit drei weiblichen, allegorischen Personifikationen][Titel mit drei weiblichen, allegorischen Personifikationen]Imperii PotentiaDie Ehrenpforte für Kaiser Maximilian I., Hauptportal, oberer Abschluss, linker Teil (Springinklee od. Traut n. Dürer) und rechter Teil mit "Frau Ehre" (Dürer); Text (Andreae)
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