Œuvres Complètes
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: **FRENCH TEXT ONLY**
Few thinkers have shaped the modern world as profoundly as Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, whose collected writings stand as a towering monument of Enlightenment thought. Œuvres Complètes gathers the full breadth of this French philosopher's literary and political genius into a single authoritative volume, prefaced by Georges Vedel of the Paris Faculty of Law and presented with scholarly notes by Daniel Oster — offering the reader an unparalleled, curated encounter with one of history's most consequential minds. From the satirical wit of Lettres Persanes, which skewers European society through the eyes of fictional Persian travellers, to the monumental jurisprudential architecture of De l'Esprit des Lois — a work that directly inspired the framers of the American and French constitutions — Montesquieu's oeuvre chronicles the full sweep of human governance, morality, and culture with startling prescience. His prose moves between irony and rigour with effortless authority, illuminating the separation of powers, the relativity of laws, and the mechanics of political liberty in ways that remain urgently relevant. This edition, published by the prestigious Éditions du Seuil at their historic address on the Rue Jacob in Paris, presents a definitive compendium for scholars, students, and any reader curious about the philosophical foundations upon which modern democracy was built — leaving one to wonder just how much of our present world Montesquieu quietly authored.
Author: Montesquieu
Format: Hardback
Published: 1964, Aux Éditions du Seuil
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: **FRENCH TEXT ONLY**
Few thinkers have shaped the modern world as profoundly as Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, whose collected writings stand as a towering monument of Enlightenment thought. Œuvres Complètes gathers the full breadth of this French philosopher's literary and political genius into a single authoritative volume, prefaced by Georges Vedel of the Paris Faculty of Law and presented with scholarly notes by Daniel Oster — offering the reader an unparalleled, curated encounter with one of history's most consequential minds. From the satirical wit of Lettres Persanes, which skewers European society through the eyes of fictional Persian travellers, to the monumental jurisprudential architecture of De l'Esprit des Lois — a work that directly inspired the framers of the American and French constitutions — Montesquieu's oeuvre chronicles the full sweep of human governance, morality, and culture with startling prescience. His prose moves between irony and rigour with effortless authority, illuminating the separation of powers, the relativity of laws, and the mechanics of political liberty in ways that remain urgently relevant. This edition, published by the prestigious Éditions du Seuil at their historic address on the Rue Jacob in Paris, presents a definitive compendium for scholars, students, and any reader curious about the philosophical foundations upon which modern democracy was built — leaving one to wonder just how much of our present world Montesquieu quietly authored.