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Page 130
... Montesquieu , exclaimed : ' Locke dry , cold , languid , wearisome , will live for ever . Montesquieu brilliant , glorious , enchanting , will not outlive his century . " And , adding the name of Descartes to that of Montesquieu , he ...
... Montesquieu , exclaimed : ' Locke dry , cold , languid , wearisome , will live for ever . Montesquieu brilliant , glorious , enchanting , will not outlive his century . " And , adding the name of Descartes to that of Montesquieu , he ...
Page 147
... Montesquieu and Co. the name of the firm : a more con- venient or fashionable article was never made . ” No doubt the abuses which infuriated Bentham at the turn of the century were very dif- ferent from those which Montesquieu detested ...
... Montesquieu and Co. the name of the firm : a more con- venient or fashionable article was never made . ” No doubt the abuses which infuriated Bentham at the turn of the century were very dif- ferent from those which Montesquieu detested ...
Page 150
... Montesquieu's lapses from strict determinism were noted , with some distress , by Durkheim , when , as a young man , he began to inves- tigate Montesquieu's claims to be the forerunner , if not the pioneer , of sociology . Durkheim ...
... Montesquieu's lapses from strict determinism were noted , with some distress , by Durkheim , when , as a young man , he began to inves- tigate Montesquieu's claims to be the forerunner , if not the pioneer , of sociology . Durkheim ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
Introduction by Roger Hausheer | xiii |
The CounterEnlightenment I | xxv |
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