
Ep. 239: Montesquieu Invents Political Science (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Relationship Between the Constitution and the People
"The government most in conformity with nature is the one whose particular arrangement best relates to the disposition of the people for whom it is established," he says. " Constitution is not just a piece of paper where the rules are written down"; there's an internal structure to different sorts of states, he adds.
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