Montesquieu on Pathways to Liberty
ABSTRACT
Through a combination of readings drawn from Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws, his Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline, and some lesser-known texts, conferees explored Montesquieu's understandings of political, civil, economic, and religious liberty.
READING LIST
From Liberty Fund
My Thoughts
by
By Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron of La Brède and of Montesquieu
Translated, Edited, and with an Introduction by Henry C. Clark
My Thoughts provides a unique window into the mind of one of the undisputed pioneers of modern thought, the author of the 1748 classic, The Spirit of the Laws. From the publication in 1721 of his first masterpiece, Persian Letters, until his death in 1755, Montesquieu maintained notebooks in which…
Additional Readings
Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat. "Dialogue between Sulla and Eucrate," 1724. Translated by David W. Carrithers.
Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat. "Notes on England." Translated by David W. Carrithers.
Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat. “Memoir on the State’s Debts,” 1716. Translated by David W. Carrithers.
Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat. “Reflections on Universal Monarchy,” 1734. Translated by David W. Carrithers.
Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat. “Considerations on the Wealth of Spain.” Translated by David W. Carrithers.
Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat. “Dissertation on Roman Politics in Religion,” 1716. Translated by David W. Carrithers.
Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat. “Memoir on the Constitution.” Translated by David W. Carrithers.
Montesquieu. Considerations on the Causes of The Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline. Translated by David Lowenthal. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co., 1999.
Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat. The Spirit of the Laws. Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller, and Harold Samuel Stone. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.