Sentence:  "With a scanty supply of laws in Hellenic commonwealths or city states what an immense vista for an Aristotle, of that grand, complex, efficient machinery of law, turning out yearly thousands of laws and taboos for the <WSD>paternalistic</WSD> control and alleged welfare of the citizen!" 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism