Ep. 239: Montesquieu Invents Political Science (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Character of a People
Montesquieu believes there's a character to a people, driven by geography and history. He thinks that the appropriate sort of government is dictated by this civil state of the people. Success or failure of those governments in large part is related to how appropriate they are fitted to the character of the people," he says.
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