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The Spirit of the Laws
“He’s my desert-island choice. I love The Spirit of the Laws.”
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Ruth Scurr
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01 / belief
I think Edmund Burke was exactly right about that: a profound political thinker Ultimately, I think we have to be very careful about accepting, in the first instance, that there are limits to what reason can achieve.
“I think Edmund Burke was exactly right about that: a profound political thinker Ultimately, I think we have to be very careful about accepting, in the first instance, that there are limits to what reason can achieve.”
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02 / belief
Very often, he has a prom. This guy has attention, but I think he should have more.
“Very often, he has a prom. This guy has attention, but I think he should have more.”
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03 / belief
Actually, I completely changed my understanding of what’s involved in loving another person and actually being gentle with another person, whoever they are — my children, my relationships with my parents, and other significant relationships in my life. I think the Wuthering Heights model has not weathered well.
“Actually, I completely changed my understanding of what’s involved in loving another person and actually being gentle with another person, whoever they are — my children, my relationships with my parents, and other significant relationships in my life. I think the Wuthering Heights model has not weathered well.”
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04 / belief
I absolutely adore that text. And he’s also one — I think he’s probably, in France, the very earliest social scientist as well.
“I absolutely adore that text. And he’s also one — I think he’s probably, in France, the very earliest social scientist as well.”
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05 / belief
I think that’s part of the anti-Napoleonic group. He’s a very divisive figure. You’re going to have people who attempt to diminish him.
“I think that’s part of the anti-Napoleonic group. He’s a very divisive figure. You’re going to have people who attempt to diminish him.”
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06 / belief
You’ve got to be brave and completely open, in my view, to finding the form in which to tell the life.
“You’ve got to be brave and completely open, in my view, to finding the form in which to tell the life.”
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07 / belief
We have these debates in Britain about the role of the monarch and how important — Condorcet was like, “Hey, you just need an automaton, and you can bring him out or her at Easter and any other time you feel like, Wimbledon or for the football, and it doesn’t need to be an actual person.” I think he was, obviously, being very witty — but he’s a republican.
“We have these debates in Britain about the role of the monarch and how important — Condorcet was like, “Hey, you just need an automaton, and you can bring him out or her at Easter and any other time you feel like, Wimbledon or for the football, and it doesn’t need to be an actual person.” I think he was, obviously, being very witty — but he’s a republican.”
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08 / belief
I suspect what it is. I have to find out if that’s going to happen or not. I thought I was going to have a big gap.
“I suspect what it is. I have to find out if that’s going to happen or not. I thought I was going to have a big gap.”
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