THE SPIRIT OF FEAR: ROME AND ABSOLUTISM
This article affirms that Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu produced a historical and political theory based on the history of Rome. The main focus of this text is the association contained in the idea of a similarity between the Roman Empire and Oriental Despotism. For Montesquieu, corruption...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de São Paulo
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Heródoto |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/herodoto/article/view/901 |