Total run time:
3h 30m
In order to understand the founding documents of the United States, you need to know something about the men who wrote them. What books or thinkers influenced the Founders? Why were there disagreements at the Constitutional Convention? How did people who talked about freedom allow slavery to continue? What is the relationship between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?
Who was Baron de Montesquieu and which of his ideas made it into America’s founding documents? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Prof. Paul Carrese and Prof. Michael Zuckert answer that question and more to fix any Monte-skewed perspecti
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Who was Baron de Montesquieu and which of his ideas made it into America’s founding documents? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Prof. Paul Carrese and Prof. Michael Zuckert answer that question and more to fix any Monte-skewed perspectives we might have on the origins of the United States Constitution.
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Watch the full film. Locke & Montesquieu: The Philosophers Behind the Founders, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7GvWSSMkis
Click here to learn more about Paul Carrese:
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Click here to learn more about Michael Zuckert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7GvWSSMkis
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Total run time:
3h 30m
Course:
Total videos:
15
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Elective
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