Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline
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| - | :The best definition is example: as soon as France possessed its Louis the Fourteenth century, and could consider it from a little distance, she knew what a classic was, better than any statements could tell her. The eighteenth century added to this idea by noble works due to its four great men. Read the "Age of Louis XIV" by [[Voltaire]], the "[[Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans]]" by [[Montesquieu]], the " Epochs of Nature " by Buffon, the t( Savoyard Vicar," and certain fine pages of revery and description of nature by Jean-Jacques, and say if the eighteenth century did not, in those memorable works, combine tradition with freedom of development and independence. | + | ''[[Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence]]'' (''Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans'', 1734) is a text by [[Montesquieu]]. |
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Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence (Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans, 1734) is a text by Montesquieu.
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