Condorcet

2019 · 42906 — 2019. ISBN-13: 9781584776543; ISBN-10: 1584776544. Translated by Thomas Jefferson Destutt de Tracy Antoine Louis Claude Comte. Jefferson Thomas. A Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws Prepared For Press From the Original Manuscript in the Hands of the Publisher. To Which Are Annexed Observations on the Thirty-First Book by the Late M. Condorcet: And Two Letters of Helveticus on the Merits of the Same Work. Philadelphia: Duane 1811. viii 292 pp. Reprinted 2006 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776543; ISBN-10: 1584776544. Hardcover. New. $75. Commentaire sur l'Esprit des Lois de Montesquieu 1806 is a critique of Montesquieu's pessimistic appraisal of democracy in De l'Esprit des Lois. While minister to France in the 1780s Jefferson saw this work in manuscript. It so impressed him that he arranged for its publication in France and translated it anonymously for publication in America. Looking back at this work in a letter from 1811 Jefferson commended it for correcting De l'Esprit des Lois. While other studies "nibbled only at its errors" he told his correspondent this work rebutted them "with a depth of thought precision of idea of language and of logic which will force conviction into every mind. I declare to you Sir in the spirit of truth and sincerity that I consider it the most precious gift the present age has received.": The Writings of Thomas Jefferson V:566-571. CONTENTS: Of laws in England; Of laws originating directly from the nature of the government; Of the principles of the three forms of government; The laws relating to education should be congenial with the principles of the government; Laws formed by the legislative should be consistent with the principles of the government; Consequences of the principles of different governments in relation to the simplicity of civil and criminal laws the forms of judicial proceedings and the apportionment of punishments; Consequences of the different principles of the three forms of government relative to sumptuary laws to luxury and to the condition of women; Of the corruption of the principle in each of the three forms of government -- Of laws relative to the defensive force; Of laws relative to the offensive force. unknown