Montesquieu's Philosophy of Liberalism: Commentary on the "Spirit of the Laws"

by Pangle (Author)

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1989
$43.76

This first comprehensive commentary on The Spirit of the Laws uncovers and explicates the plan of Montesquieu's famous but baffling treatise. Pangle brings to light Montesquieu's rethinking of the philosophical groundwork of liberalism, showing how The Spirit of the Laws enlarges and enriches the liberal conception of natural right by means of a new appeal to History as the source of basic norms.

Synopsis

This first comprehensive commentary on The Spirit of the Laws uncovers and explicates the plan of Montesquieu's famous but baffling treatise. Pangle brings to light Montesquieu's rethinking of the philosophical groundwork of liberalism, showing how The Spirit of the Laws enlarges and enriches the liberal conception of natural right by means of a new appeal to History as the source of basic norms.

$43.76

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 01 Jul 1989
ISBN 10: 0226645452
ISBN 13: 9780226645452

Author Bio

Thomas L. Pangle is the Joe R. Long Chair in Democratic Studies in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author or editor of numerous books.