The essential political writings of Montesquieu--a substantial abridgment of The Spirit of the Laws, plus judicious selections from The Persian Letters and Considerations of the Romans' Greatness and Decline --are masterfully translated by Melvin Richter. Prefaced by a new fifty-page introduction by Richter for this revised edition, The Selected Political Writings displays the genius and virtuosity of Montesquieu the philosopher, social critic, political theorist, and literary stylist, whose work commands the attention of all students of the Enlightenment and of modern constitutional thought.
- ISBN13 9780872200913
- Publish Date 15 March 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 April 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Pages 299
- Language English