
Constant on Liberty
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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Constant's Idea of the Separation of Powers
Constant spent most of his life in france, but he was born in switzerland. He looked across the channel to england, to britain as a model of a certain kind of liberal state. Wolstonecraft looked at the french revolutionary state for hope. Constant looked at the english state for a model. The grass is always greener. And then i talkd more about that next time when i talk about tockville and demoray in America.
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