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Montesquieu thus became the prophet of a new race of thinkers.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “Montesquieu thus became the prophet of a new race of thinkers.”
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Laski identifies Montesquieu as a precursor to a new wave of political thinkers.
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