Montesquieu and his Enlightenment thought

Author: Hou Hongxun
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Publish Date: 1997-05-01
Features: This book is one of the volumes in the "Library of Historians of Philosophy." It introduces the life of the great Enlightenment thinker, exposes and critiques feudal absolutism, presents deistic views and critiques of religion, discusses views on the laws of social development and geographical theories, legal theories, constitutional monarchy and the theory of separation of powers, educational thought, on war and peace, economic thought, humanitarian thought, women's issues, population issues, aesthetic issues, Montesquieu's role and status in history, and Montesquieu and China, among fifteen chapters.