Voltaire (1694-1778): Patrie, in The
Philosophical Dictionary, 1752 [At this Site]
Voltaire's attack on national chauvinism - and his views than people should be citizens of
the world.
Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755): The Spirit of the Laws, 1748, excerpts [At this Site]
Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755): The Spirit of the Laws,
1748, alternative excerpts [At Internet Archive, from Clinch Valley College]
Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke: On
Patriotism, 1730-1754 [At this Site]
Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws, Translated by
Thomas Nugent, revised by J. V. Prichard, 1914 ed., [At Constitution.org][Full text]
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