Commentary
An Introduction to Montesquieu’s “An Essay on the Causes That May Affect Men’s Minds and Characters”
- Richter, Melvin. “An Introduction to Montesquieu’s ‘An Essay on the Causes That May Affect Men’s Minds and Characters’.” Political Theory 4, no. 2 (May 1, 1976): 132–138.Richter gives an account of Montesquieu’s minor work, “An Essay on the Causes That May Affect Men’s Minds and Characters,” concerning explanation in the social sciences.Philosophy and the State in France: The Renaissance to the Enlightenment
-Keohane, Nannerl O. Philosophy and the State in France: The Renaissance to the Enlightenment. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980.