Charles-Louis de Secondat de Montesquieu

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Work

• The Causes of an Echo (Les Causes de l’écho)
• The Renal Glands (Les Glandes rénales)
• The Cause of Gravity of Bodies (La Cause de la pesanteur des corps)
• The Eternal Damnation of the Pagans (La Damnation éternelle des païens, 1711)
• System of Ideas (Système des idées, 1716)
• Persian Letters (Lettres persanes, 1721, translation and introduction by John Davidson, 1899) (external scan)
• The Temple of Gnide (Le Temple de Gnide, a novel; 1724)
• The True History of Arsace and Isménie (Arsace et Isménie, a novel; 1730)
• Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans (Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence, 1734)
• Remarks on Stones of a Regular Figure Found Near Bagneres in Gascony, 1744 (external scan)
• On the Spirit of the Laws (De l’esprit des lois, 1748, translation by Thomas Nugent and J. V. Prichard, 1750, Volume 1), [2]
• In Defence of “The Spirit of the Laws” (La Défense de « L’Esprit des lois », 1748)
• Essay concerning the natural laws & the distinction between Justice and Injustice, 1755 (external scan)
• Miscellaneous pieces of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, 1759
  • Eulogium on President Montesquieu, / by Monsieur d'Alembert -- The analysis of the Spirit of laws. / By M. d'Alembert -- An oration pronounced the 24th of January, 1728. / By President Montesquieu -- An essay upon taste -- New Persian letters -- The Temple of Gnidus -- A defence of the Spirit of laws. (external scan)
• A view of the English constitution, 1781 short work (external scan)
• Thoughts after Spicilège (Pensées suivies de Spicilège)
• Montesquieu's Considerations on the causes of the grandeur and decadence of the Romans, translated by Jehu Baker, 1882 (external scan)
• The temple of Gnidus; followed by Cephisa and Cupid, and Arsaces and Ismenia, 1889 (external scan)

Works about de Montesquieu

• Montesquieu; by Albert Sorel, translated by Gustave Masson, 1887 (external scan)
• Montesquieu (1904) by Courtenay Ilbert
• Montesquieu in History of political theories from Luther to Montesquieu by William Archibald Dunning, 1923 (external scan)
• Montesquieu and de Tocqueville and Corporative Individualism by William Henry George, 1922-02-01 from The American Political Science Review, Volume 16. (external scan)
• Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau in England by John Churton Collins, 1908 (external scan)
• The aesthetic doctrine of Montesquieu; by Edwin Preston Dargan, 1907 (external scan)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

 

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