Ep. 239: Montesquieu Invents Political Science (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Origins of the French Revolution
This is seven years before Rousseau's discourse on inequality. And despite what I just said, he and Rousseau are taken to be foundational for bringing to light the ideals that gave rise to the French Revolution. That he, as still said, there's something very conservative about him. Edmund Burke was also influenced by him in England.
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