Major Works

• Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline

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  Recommended edition: Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de. Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline. Translated by David Lowenthal. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1999.
  Except from the recommended edition: It is not chance that rules the world. Ask the Romans, who had a continuous sequence of successes when they were guided by a certain plan, and an uninterrupted sequence of reverses when they followed another. There are… More

• Persian Letters

  - Recommended Edition: Bilingual edition by Tony Richardson and John Davidson, Jiahu Books, 201

Other Works

• The Temple of Gnidus

  - Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de. "The Temple of Gnidus." Vol. 4 of The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu. London: T. Evans, 1777.
  Excerpt: An ambassador of France at the Ottoman Porte, known by his taste for literature, having purchased many Greek manuscripts, brought them to France; and, some of them falling into my hands, I found among them the work of which I here give a translation.… More