Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, baron de

Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu

Montesquieu

Based on the 1761 edition, this translation strives for fidelity and retains Montesquieu's paragraphing. George R. Healy's Introduction discusses The Persian Letters as a kind of overture to the Enlightenment, a work of remarkable diversity designed more to explore a problem of great urgency for eighteenth century thought than to resolve it: that of discovering universals, or at least the pragmatic constants, amid the diversity of human culture and society, and of confronting the proposition that there are no values in human relationships except those imposed by force or agreed upon in self-interested conventions.

Persian Letters

David Lowenthal

Charles de Secondat Montesquieu

"It is wonderful to have David Lowenthal's splendid translation of Montesquieu's Considerations on the Causes of The Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline back in print. This neglected masterpiece deserves attention from all who are concerned with self-government -- whether their focus is on its history or on its prospects in our own time." -- Paul A Rahe, Jay P Walker Professor of History, University of Tulsa.

Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline

Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. In Two Volumes. ...

The Spirit of Laws

"This translation of Montesquieu's unsurpassed epistolary novel, the first to appear in over thirty years, is completely new and aims at being as literal as possible, including pulling no punches with the erotic elements. This means, among other things, that the translators have attempted to render the same word throughout the work as consistently as good sense allows. This places readers in a position to see the various ways in which Montesquieu associates one character with another. Also, by allowing Montesquieu to speak for himself, readers will be able to see more clearly than in any other translation both the seriousness and playfulness of Montesquieu's intention. Nevertheless, due attention has been paid to the beauty of the literary character of the work. This will be the standard translation for years to come. Persian Letters journeys across the unending landscape of things human, providing readers the opportunity to think through an astonishing number of themes - mastery and slavery, jealousy, philosophy and tyranny, self-deception, commerce, nature and convention, the best life for a human being, vanity, glory, and human sexuality. Given its fascination with the relationship between Islam and the West, and the power of religion in the world generally, the book is especially timely. In addition to the translation of the text, the volume includes a brilliant introduction by Stuart D. Warner on the philosophical meaning of Persian Letters; a translation of the French index from the 1758 edition, which was the first-ever index of the book, as this edition will be the first-ever index in English; editorial footnotes to help with historical and literary allusions; and a chart detailing the chronological order of the composition of the letters"--

De l'esprit des lois

Charles L. de Montesquieu

Viaggio in Italia

The Spirit of Laws ...

The Spirit of Laws by M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu

The Spirit of the Laws

The spirit of laws, with d'Alembert's analysis of the work, tr. by T. Nugent

The Persian Letters

Translated from the New Ed. of His Works in Quarto Printed at Paris

Miscellaneous Pieces of M. De Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu

Reflections on the Causes of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

Oeuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu

De l'Esprit des loix. Livre XXII-XXXI. Défense de l'Esprit des loix. Remerciment sincère à un homme charitable, attribué à Monsieur de Voltaire. Lysimaque. Table des matlères contenues dans l'Esprit des loix, et dans la Défense

Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romain et de leur décadence

Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu

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