In the final section of this work's fourth book, the author resolves what he sees as a paradox in the ancient Greeks' attitudes towards music.
In the final section of this work's fourth book, the author resolves what he sees as a paradox in the ancient Greeks' attitudes towards music. In resolving another paradox that this work's author attributes to Bayle, this work argues for religion as having a "restraining motive." This work argues that public debts "take the true revenue of the state from those who have activity and industry, to convey it to the indolent," because raising taxes to pay debts raises the price of labour. In a book dedicated to crime, this work alleges that in Japan, almost all crimes are punished by death because they represent disobedience to the emperor, and uses this information to demonstrate how "excessive punishments may even corrupt a despotic government." This work isolates honor, fear, and virtue as the motivating principles behind monarchic, despotic, and republican governments, and its 11th chapter argues that "there is no liberty if the judiciary power be not separated from the legislative and executive." For 10 points, identify this work of political theory authored by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu.
In the final section of this work's fourth book, the author resolves what he sees as a paradox in the ancient Greeks' attitudes towards music.
The Spirit of the Laws [or De l'esprit des lois]