 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1750 - 538 pages
...direfted by fuch a notion, where would be the end of punifhments? If human laws are to avenge the caufe of an infinite being, they will be directed by his infinity, and not by the ignorance and caprice of man. C) Father An hiftorian (*) of Provence relates a fact, which ous<-rt... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1823 - 810 pages
...would be subverted by arming the zeal of timorous, as well as of presumptuous consciences against him. The mischief arises from a notion which some people...not by the weakness, ignorance, and caprice of man. An historian * of Provence relates a fact, which furnishes us with an excellent description of the... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Evolution - 1899 - 472 pages
...a notion which some people have entertained of revenging the cause of the Deity. But we must honor the Deity and leave him to avenge his own cause. And,...not by the weakness, ignorance, and caprice of man. An historian / of Provenqe relates a fact which furnishes us | with an excellent description of the... | |
 | Montesquieu - Law - 1977 - 522 pages
...cause of the Deity. But we must honor the Deity, and leave him to avenge his own cause.2 In effect, were we to be directed by such a notion, where would...they will be directed by his infinity, and not by the ignorance and caprice of man. [8] The second class is of those crimes which are prejudicial to morals.... | |
 | Beccaria, Cesare marchese di Beccaria - Law - 1986 - 138 pages
...the end of punishments? If the laws of men had to avenge an infinite Being, they would be regulated by His infinity and not by the weakness, ignorance, and caprice of human nature." Montesquieu, De I'esprit des lois (Caillois ed.), bk. 12, chap. 4, 2:434. Chapter VIII... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - History - 1989 - 814 pages
...idea, where would punishments end? If men's laws are to avenge an infinite being, they will be ruled by his infinity and not by the weakness, ignorance, and caprice of human nature. An historian of Provence'1 reports a fact that paints very clearly for us what this idea... | |
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The mischief arises from a notion which some people have entertained of revenging the cause of ,the Deity. But we must honour the Deity and leave him to avenge his own cause. And, indeed, were we to be directed by such a notion, where would be the end... 