The Spirit of Laws By Charles De Secondat, Baron De Montesquieu, On the Origin of Inequality, On Political Economy, The (edition 1952)

by Monteauieu De Secondat, Rousseau

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Title:	The Spirit of Laws By Charles De Secondat, Baron De Montesquieu, On the Origin of Inequality, On Political Economy, The
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Great Books of the Western World (Volume 38, 1952 ed.)

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The Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A Discourse on Political Economy by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

On the Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract and Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (indirect)

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Spirit of Laws: 1748

Inequality: 1754

Political Economy: 1755

Social Contract: 1762

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If amidst the infinite number of subjects contained in this book there is anything which, contrary to my expectation, may possibly offend, I can at least assure the public that it was not inserted with an ill intention: for I am not naturally of a captious temper. (Preface)

Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things.

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