1 / 8

Charles-Louis de Secondat , baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu

Charles-Louis de Secondat , baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu. 1689-1755. Chateau de la Brede, Southwest France. Main Players. Usbek – Persian nobleman Chief black eunuch – in charge of harem during Usbek's absence Rica – Usbek’s travel companion

albin
Download Presentation

Charles-Louis de Secondat , baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu 1689-1755

  2. Chateau de la Brede, Southwest France

  3. Main Players • Usbek – Persian nobleman • Chief black eunuch – in charge of harem during Usbek's absence • Rica – Usbek’s travel companion • Zachi, Zephis, Fatima, Roxanna, Zelis - wives of Usbek

  4. Montesquieu: Biography • Style and genre of the PL • Relation of Spirit of the Laws and PL • Despotism • Law • Turkish model • Worst is to live in fear

  5. Persian Letters • Two themes: • How people deceive themselves • arbitrariness of power is visible only to those on whom it is inflicted • Why a novel of letters about foreigners? • Usbek • Religious man seeking enlightenment • Lack of true conversation

  6. Questions of PL • What is happiness and why is it rare? • Who is happy? • Which human bonds work and which do not? • Ideal despotism and its fantasy • French institutions and their insanity • The meaning of tyranny

More Related