The Spirit of Laws: A Compendium of the First English Edition

by MONTESQUIEU

2021-01-09 22:46:16

Montesquieu''s The Spirit of Laws is an enduring classic of social and political theory deserving a fresh reading every generation. The modern reader, however, is likely to find a work that ran to over a thousand pages in its two-volume first edition... Read more
Montesquieu''s The Spirit of Laws is an enduring classic of social and political theory deserving a fresh reading every generation. The modern reader, however, is likely to find a work that ran to over a thousand pages in its two-volume first edition a bit overwhelming. Presented here, therefore, is the first English-language compendium of The Spirit of Laws, together with the first English translation of the posthumously published treatise containing the physiological theory underlying Montesquieu''s theory of climate.
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File size7.62 X 6 X 1.3 in
Print pages516
PublisherUniversity of California Press
Publication date December 28, 1977
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780520034556
Author
Raymond N. MacKenzie is Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas. His translations for Hackett Publishing Company include: Zola, Germinal (2011); Flaubert, Madame Bovary (2009); and Baudel...

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