Montesquieu's Philosophy of Liberalism: A Commentary on the Spirit of the Laws by Thomas L. Pangle
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- Pub. Date: July 1989
- 352pp
- Sales Rank: 667,055
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: July 1989
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Format: Paperback, 352pp
- Sales Rank: 667,055
- ISBN-13: 9780226645452
- ISBN: 0226645452
- Edition Description: 1
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.
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**** Paper reprint of a 1973 work cited in BCL3. Pangle (political science, U. of Toronto) brings to light Montesquieu's rethinking of the philosophical groundwork of liberalism as developed in The Spirit of the Laws. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Thomas L. Pangle is professor of political science and chairman of the American Studies Committee at the University of Toronto. Among his many works is The Spirit of Modern Republicanism, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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