The Spirit of the Legislator
Art and Education in Montesquieu
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7155115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nathaniel K Gilmore (0000-0002-3143-7884, The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 634-662 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Political Thought (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-781X |
| Publisher | Imprint Academic (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.53765/20512988.46.4.634 |
| OpenAlex | W7118641096 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article traces Montesquieu’s thoughts on legislative education, the foremost subject in The Spirit of the Laws . Returning to his unfinished, final mature work, the Essay on Taste , it follows the relationship between reason and art as Montesquieu theorizes and practices it; doing so, the article examines, in a new light, three related, difficult subjects: the forms of legislation; the mysterious summit of the Laws , Book XXIX; and the author’s ambivalent relationship to Plato
Ambivalence · Legislature · Subject (documents) · Summit · European Political History Analysis · Political Theory and Influence · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |