Dubbed 'the oracle' by no less an authority than James Madison, Montesquieu stands as a theoretical founder of the liberal political tradition. But equally central to his project was his account of ...

And as late as the 18th century, the French philosopher Montesquieu wrote that any man who was in love with his wife was probably too dull to be loved by another woman. When did romance enter the ...

No better reasons can be given for enslaving those of any color than such as Baron Montesquieu has humorously given as the foundation of that cruel slavery exercised over the poor Ethiopians ...

The three branches of government are a concept first imagined by the philosopher Montesquieu. According to the Constitutional ...

Van de Velde, following in the footsteps of Pascal, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Bergson, Simone Weil, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and other great French thinkers, proved remarkably philosophical.

In an interview with Le Monde, Michaël Foessel and Bruno Karsenti analyze the driving forces behind the rise of xenophobic ...

The concept of separating the government into three branches is attributed to Baron de Montesquieu, and the idea that the government should avoid intervening in commerce is frequently attributed ...

A few colonists knew the work of the British political philosopher John Locke or the French essayist Montesquieu, especially their writings on the theory of separation of powers, which gives ...

Discover the 16th Salon des Arts de Maisons-Laffitte, from November 17 to December 7, 2024, with Monika Cicolella, guest of ...

The French jurist and philosopher Charles de Montesquieu (1689-1755) influenced our Constitution’s framers considerably. He maintained there are two categories of republics: aristocracy and ...

Kenyans and the world are watching with bated breath how the Judiciary is going to navigate this delicate matter .

Yoon, Kate 2023. Oriental Despotism and the Limits of Doux Commerce, from Montesquieu to Raynal. Political Theory, Vol. 51, Issue. 3, p. 456. Dubbed 'the oracle' by no less an authority than James ...