Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Montesquieu
- Other Volumes in the Series of Cambridge Companions
- The Cambridge Companion to Montesquieu
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- 1 Montesquieu
- 2 Persian Letters
- 3 Considerations on the Romans
- 4 The Spirit of the Laws
- 5 Montesquieu and the Classical World
- 6 Montesquieu’s Guiding Principles and Foundations
- 7 Montesquieu on Virtue
- 8 Internationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and Empires
- 9 Liberty in Montesquieu
- 10 Political Sovereignty in Montesquieu
- 11 Montesquieu on Slavery
- 12 Montesquieu and the Liberty of Women
- 13 Political Economy
- 14 Religion and Politics
- 15 Constitutional History
- 16 Montesquieu and the Enlightenment
- 17 Montesquieu’s Liberal Legacies
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Volumes in the Series of Cambridge Companions
5 - Montesquieu and the Classical World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2023
- The Cambridge Companion to Montesquieu
- Other Volumes in the Series of Cambridge Companions
- The Cambridge Companion to Montesquieu
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- 1 Montesquieu
- 2 Persian Letters
- 3 Considerations on the Romans
- 4 The Spirit of the Laws
- 5 Montesquieu and the Classical World
- 6 Montesquieu’s Guiding Principles and Foundations
- 7 Montesquieu on Virtue
- 8 Internationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and Empires
- 9 Liberty in Montesquieu
- 10 Political Sovereignty in Montesquieu
- 11 Montesquieu on Slavery
- 12 Montesquieu and the Liberty of Women
- 13 Political Economy
- 14 Religion and Politics
- 15 Constitutional History
- 16 Montesquieu and the Enlightenment
- 17 Montesquieu’s Liberal Legacies
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Volumes in the Series of Cambridge Companions
Summary
Chapter 5 locates Montesquieu in an intellectual context he fashioned through his own choice of interlocutors in The Spirit of the Laws – his world of ancient political writers and lawgivers. Montesquieu turns to the classical world in search not of models for imitation but knowledge of the science of politics. This chapter considers the relationship between Montesquieu’s critique of the substantive ideals of classical politics and his significant debts to the Aristotelian mode of regime analysis.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Montesquieu , pp. 76 - 93Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023