HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Constitution Of The United Kingdom, Absolution, Persian Letters
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Persian letters 1721 first book criticized his own nation rationalism important book of early enlightenment. Spirit of the laws : important for us revolution reliant on john locke. Change is necessary: must be organic. Human causality operates almost like newtonian law: it keeps going. Factors include weather and soil for what sort of government is necessary. Laws and institutions create attitudes of people who live under them. Freedom is not the fruit of every fly thugs of naples because nobody cares, its easy to grow things etc society = pluralistic. Pluralism over singularity was natural over tyranny. English constitution vs french: english freer society. The best of both worlds, aristocracy, fruits of parliament. Balance of power by each part: king, parliament, people. Applied to france, a balance possible, if people towns etc could check power of king. Louis 15 absolution blocked it and was leading to tyranny.
