Montesquieu and the spirit of modernity
<br/>Crucial to an understanding of Montesquieu’s work is the contrast he drew between ancient and modern <em>mentalités</em>. ‘Les politiques grecs,’ he wrote in his classic work <em>De l’esprit des lois</em> (1748), ‘qui vivaient dans le gouvernement populaire, ne rec...
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Voltaire Foundation
2017
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