{"product_id":"9781614872580","title":"My Thoughts","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Thoughts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e provides a unique window into the mind of one of the undisputed pioneers of modern thought, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of the Laws\u003c\/i\u003e. From the publication of his first masterpiece, \u003ci\u003ePersian Letters\u003c\/i\u003e,  in 1721, until his death in 1755, Montesquieu maintained notebooks in  which he wrote and dictated ideas on a wide variety of topics. Some of  the contents are early drafts of passages that Montesquieu eventually  placed in his published works; others are outlines or early versions of  projected works that were ultimately lost, unfinished, or abandoned.  These notebooks provide important insights into his views on a broad  range of topics, including morality, religion, history, law, economics,  finance, science, art, and constitutional liberty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMontesquieu called these notebooks, \u003ci\u003eMes Pensèes (My Thoughts),\u003c\/i\u003e and they appear in their entirety in English for the first time in this Liberty Fund edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor and translator Henry C. Clark provides readers with translations  of most of the footnotes contained in the 1991 French edition by Louis  Desgraves, while adding new notes and other aids to understanding the  text and translation. These features provide the frame for a revealing  portrait of one of the most influential figures of the eighteenth  century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry C. Clark\u003c\/b\u003e is Visiting Professor in the Clemson  Institute for the Study of Capitalism at Clemson University. He has  published two books and several articles, many on the French and  Scottish Enlightenments.","brand":"Liberty Fund Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151684452592,"sku":"9781614872580","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614872580_p0.jpg?v=1763850764","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614872580","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}