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Chapter 6 - A New Departure (1731–1738)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 November 2022

Catherine Volpilhac-Auger
Edited and translated by
Philip Stewart
Catherine Volpilhac-Auger
Affiliation:
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon
Philip Stewart
Affiliation:
Duke University, North Carolina
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Montesquieu’s book inheritance and collection. Registers of fragments and thoughts for future elaboration: the Spicilège and Mes pensées. Book on the rise and fall of the Roman empire (1734). Shorter writings on heads of state and universal monarchy.

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books and collectionsprojected writings through the 1730s
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Montesquieu
Let There Be Enlightenment
 , pp. 147 - 170
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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