"l'interêt est le plus grande monarque de la Terre" [Self-interest is the strongest monarch in the world]
— Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755)
Date
1748, 1750
Metaphor
"l'interêt est le plus grande monarque de la Terre" [Self-interest is the strongest monarch in the world]
Metaphor in Context
[self-interest is the strongest monarch in the world]
l'interêt est le plus grande monarque de la Terre
l'interêt est le plus grande monarque de la Terre
Categories
Provenance
Reading Pocock's Machiavellian Moment (465n)
Citation
At least 19 entries in the ESTC (1750, 1751, 1752, 1756, 1758, 1766, 1768, 1770, 1772, 1773, 1777, 1778, 1792 1793, 1794). [De l'esprit des loix.]
See The Spirit of Laws. Translated from the French of M. De Secondat, Baron De Montesquieu. With Corrections and Additions Communicated by the Author. (London: Printed for J. Nourse, and P. Vaillant, in the Strand, 1750). <Link to ESTC>
See The Spirit of Laws. Translated from the French of M. De Secondat, Baron De Montesquieu. With Corrections and Additions Communicated by the Author. (London: Printed for J. Nourse, and P. Vaillant, in the Strand, 1750). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
05/02/2005
Date of Review
04/26/2007
