Fritz: This is a principle which one is forced to adapt even today, as if it wasn't the same to public welfare by which hand it's caused and whose hands seals it.
Yeah, that sounds one of those "sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander" things that he'll do an about-face on between the 1730s and 1740s. Gotta keep those princes of the blood from scheming, after all!
There is no more cruel tyranny than the one conducted under the cover of law and painted over by the semblance of justice
Oof. Too close to home, maybe. :(
They are simply pleased to know they are feared, for this provides them with an idea of the superiority of their person and basically equates them with the Almighty.
(Heinrich: ....)
Lol!
Fritz is a bit more source crictical than Montesquieu when it comes to the Emperors and wonders in his comments whether there were truly only five good ones in all those centuries or whether maybe the historians could have been biased:
Oooh, that is another really interesting one to me. Especially since I was struck by how *non* source critical Fritz was with Roman myth (when Voltaire was being very source critical) and specifically with Remusberg.
MT, Madame de Pompadour, Elisaveta: He had it coming! He had it coming! He only had himself to blame!
Ha! Very true. FRITZ!
These are just some of the lines and quotes. It's a truly interesting document, and I'm glad to have bought it.
Oh good, I'm glad it was available in German at an affordable price. Thanks as always for sharing!
Re: Montesquieu III: In which Fritz comments on tyrants, their successors and women in Politics
Yeah, that sounds one of those "sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander" things that he'll do an about-face on between the 1730s and 1740s. Gotta keep those princes of the blood from scheming, after all!
There is no more cruel tyranny than the one conducted under the cover of law and painted over by the semblance of justice
Oof. Too close to home, maybe. :(
They are simply pleased to know they are feared, for this provides them with an idea of the superiority of their person and basically equates them with the Almighty.
(Heinrich: ....)
Lol!
Fritz is a bit more source crictical than Montesquieu when it comes to the Emperors and wonders in his comments whether there were truly only five good ones in all those centuries or whether maybe the historians could have been biased:
Oooh, that is another really interesting one to me. Especially since I was struck by how *non* source critical Fritz was with Roman myth (when Voltaire was being very source critical) and specifically with Remusberg.
MT, Madame de Pompadour, Elisaveta: He had it coming! He had it coming! He only had himself to blame!
Ha! Very true. FRITZ!
These are just some of the lines and quotes. It's a truly interesting document, and I'm glad to have bought it.
Oh good, I'm glad it was available in German at an affordable price. Thanks as always for sharing!