Title Statements
- Full title :Commentary on Filangieri's work / Benjamin Constant ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Alan S. Kahan.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2015
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Liberty Fund
- Place of Publication:Indianapolis
- Language:fre
- Publication Date:2015
Notes
Previously published: Paris : Belles lettres, ©2004, under title, Commentaire sur l'ouvrage de Filangieri, with the series Bibliotheque classique de la liberte, no. 2.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xviii, 272 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781614879190, 1614879192, 9780865978836, 0865978832
- oclc:ocn930070496
- LC Classification:JC183.F4
- Dewey Decimal:320.01
Table of Contents
Intro -- Benjamin Constant -- Commentary on Filangieri's Work -- Front Matter -- Benjamin Constant -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents, pages v -- Introduction, pages ix -- Translator's Note, pages xvii -- Commentary on Filangieri's Work -- Part One -- 1. Plan of This Commentary, pages 3 -- 2. From an Epigram by Filangieri against Improvement in the Art of War, pages 7 -- 3. On Encouragements for Agriculture, pages 10 -- 4. On the Conversion of Rulers to Peace, pages 15 -- 5. On the Salutary Revolution which Filangieri Foresaw, pages 18 -- 6. On the Union of Politics and Legislation, pages 21 -- 7. On the Influence Which Filangieri Attributes to Legislation, pages 23 -- 8. On the State of Nature, the Formation of Society, and the True Goal of Human Associations, pages 29 -- 9. On Errors in Legislation, pages 34 -- 10. Some Remarks by Filangieri on the Decline of Spain, pages 43 -- 11. On Filangieri's Observations about France, pages 50 -- 12. On the Decline Filangieri Predicted for England, pages 54 -- Part Two -- 1. Object of This Second Part, pages 71 -- 2. On the Black Slave Trade, pages 73 -- 3. On Population, pages 83 -- 4. Continuation of the Same Subject…
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