Ep. 239: Montesquieu Invents Political Science (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
00:00
The Animating Mechanisms of Government
Rousseau's analysis of the genesis of that is very different than someone like Hobbes. He has this very mechanical language and just aligns with what Mark was saying about a kind of political science. So it'll turn out, for instance, that the principle of a monarchical government will be honor. It's the motivating spirit.
Transcript
Play full episode
