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Title: Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline by Charles De Secondat Montesquieu, David Lowenthal ISBN: 0-87220-496-0 Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Concise but thorough, a worthwhile read.
Comment: Montesquieu's "Considerations..." is a refreshing change of pace from the usual, long winded, dry books on Roman history. It is a concise, clear, chronologically presented work, but still manages to be quite thorough in examining a variety of the causes behind the rise and fall of the Romans. The author touches on the social, military, economic and moral factors that made the Romans great, and in the end led to collapse of their empire. I can recommend it as a worthwhile read to those of you interested in the history of the Romans.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Succinct and Readable analysis of Roman History
Comment: A book far too often ignored by modern readers. Montesquieu presents a succinct and readable analysis of the history of the Roman Republic and Empire. For both the layperson and the scholar interested in Roman History this is an essential read. He presents the reasons for the the spread of Rome's empire, the fall of the Republic, and the long duration and eventual collapse of the empire in a clear fashion. He goes through Roman history chronologically and shows how these causes relate to specific events. Edward Gibbon praises Montesquieu in his memoirs, and after reading his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, it is easy to see how the theses presented here on religion and the military may have influenced Gibbon's own conclusions.
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Title: Plato's Meno by George Anastaplo, Laurence Berns, Laurence Berns ISBN: 0941051714 Publisher: Focus Pub R Pullins & Co Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Spirit of Laws (Great Books in Philosophy) by Charles De Secondat, Baron De Montesquieu ISBN: 1573929492 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Leo Strauss on Plato's Symposium by Leo Strauss, Seth Benardete ISBN: 0226776867 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Persian Letters (Penguin Classics) by Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu, C. J. Betts ISBN: 0140442812 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1977 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters (Everyman's Library, 259) by Michel De Montaigne, Donald M. Frame, Stuart Hampshire, Michel De Montaigne, Donald Murdoch Frame ISBN: 1400040213 Publisher: Everyman's Library Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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