THE SPIRIT OF FEAR: ROME AND ABSOLUTISM

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Início Publicação: 30/04/2016
Periodicidade: Anual
Área de Estudo: História

THE SPIRIT OF FEAR: ROME AND ABSOLUTISM

Ano: 2016 | Volume: 1 | Número: 1
Autores: Adilton Luis Martins
Autor Correspondente: Adilton Luis Martins | [email protected]

Palavras-chave: Montesquieu; Roman Republic; Oriental Despotism; Roman Empire; The Spirit of the Laws.

Resumos Cadastrados

Resumo Inglês:

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 destroyed the spirit of freedom and
virtue of the Roman Republic and founded an empire based on fear, which is the
principle of despotism. The main source of analysis here is the book The spirit of the
laws.