The Spirit of Laws, Volume 1J. Nourse and P. Vaillant, 1750 - Jurisprudence |
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... different ; and left I should miss the difference of those which appear to be alike . I have not drawn my principles from my prejudices , but from the nature of things , Here Here a great many truths will not appear , till iv PREFACE .
... different ; and left I should miss the difference of those which appear to be alike . I have not drawn my principles from my prejudices , but from the nature of things , Here Here a great many truths will not appear , till iv PREFACE .
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... bleffings he enjoys , I Should think myself the most happy of mortals . Could I but fucceed fo as to perfuade thofe who command , to increase their know- I ledge ledge in what they ought to prefcribe and thofe who Vi PREFACE .
... bleffings he enjoys , I Should think myself the most happy of mortals . Could I but fucceed fo as to perfuade thofe who command , to increase their know- I ledge ledge in what they ought to prefcribe and thofe who Vi PREFACE .
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... Should think myself the most happy of mortals . The most happy of mortals should I think myself , could I contribute to make mankind recover from their prejudices . By prejudices , I here mean , not that which renders men ignorant of ...
... Should think myself the most happy of mortals . The most happy of mortals should I think myself , could I contribute to make mankind recover from their prejudices . By prejudices , I here mean , not that which renders men ignorant of ...
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... should be changed , 419 Chap . VI . That every Thing ought not to be cor- rected , Chap . VII . Of the Athenians and Lacedemonians , 420 ibid . Chap . VIII . Effects of a fociable Temper , 421 Chap . IX . Of the Vanity and Pride of ...
... should be changed , 419 Chap . VI . That every Thing ought not to be cor- rected , Chap . VII . Of the Athenians and Lacedemonians , 420 ibid . Chap . VIII . Effects of a fociable Temper , 421 Chap . IX . Of the Vanity and Pride of ...
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... should be adapted in fuch a manner to the people for whom they are made , as to render it véry unlikely for thofe of one nation to be proper for another . They should be relative to the nature and princi- ple of the actual , or intended ...
... should be adapted in fuch a manner to the people for whom they are made , as to render it véry unlikely for thofe of one nation to be proper for another . They should be relative to the nature and princi- ple of the actual , or intended ...
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Page 216 - Were it joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control ; for the judge would then be the legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with violence and oppression.
Page 216 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Page 7 - That different nations ought, in time of peace, to do one another all the good they can, and, in time of war, as little harm as possible, without prejudice to their own real interests.
Page 183 - It is very probable," says he,* " that mankind would have been obliged, at length, to live constantly under the Government of a single person, had they not contrived a kind of Constitution, that has all the internal advantages of a Republican, together with the external force of a Monarchical Government.
Page 213 - In governments, that is, in societies directed by laws, liberty can consist only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.
Page 46 - Honor, therefore, has its supreme laws, to which education is obliged to conform. The chief of these are, that we are permitted to set a value upon our fortune, but are absolutely forbidden to set any upon our lives. " The second is, that when we are raised to a post or preferment, we should never...
Page 426 - Hence it follows that when these manners and customs are to be changed, it ought not to be done by laws; this would have too much the air of tyranny: it would be better to change them by introducing other manners and other customs.
Page 223 - ... it once corrupted would no longer expect any good from its laws; and of course they would either become desperate or fall into a state of indolence.
Page 421 - ... 9. Of the Vanity and Pride of Nations. Vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous. To be convinced of this we need only represent, on the one hand, the numberless benefits which result from vanity, as industry, the arts, fashions, politeness, and taste; on the other, the infinite evils which spring from the pride of certain nations, as laziness, poverty, a total neglect of everything— in fine, the destruction of the...