The result of lengthy reflection on Roman history, this essay proposes a revitalized conception of history. Rejecting providentialism, Montesquieu elaborates herein the theory of historical determinism. He also forges the style and concepts implemented, fourteen years later, in De l'Esprit des lois.
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