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Principios de política aplicables a todos los gobiernos representativos
288 pages, Paperback
Published November 6, 2023
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Benjamin Constant
592 books81 followersHenri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque was a Swiss-born, nobleman, thinker, writer and French politician.
Constant was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, to descendants of noble Huguenots who fled France during the Huguenot wars in the early 16th century to settle in Lausanne. He was educated by private tutors and at the University of Erlangen, Bavaria, and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In the course of his life, he spent many years in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Great Britain.
He was intimate with Anne Louise Germaine de Staël and their intellectual collaboration made them one of the most important intellectual pairs of their time. He was a fervent liberal, fought against the Restauration and was active in French politics as a publicist and politician during the latter half of the French Revolution and between 1815 and 1830. During part of this latter period, he sat in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower legislative house of the Restoration-era government. He was one of its most eloquent orators and a leader of the parliamentary block first known as the Independants and then as "liberals."
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Constant was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, to descendants of noble Huguenots who fled France during the Huguenot wars in the early 16th century to settle in Lausanne. He was educated by private tutors and at the University of Erlangen, Bavaria, and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In the course of his life, he spent many years in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Great Britain.
He was intimate with Anne Louise Germaine de Staël and their intellectual collaboration made them one of the most important intellectual pairs of their time. He was a fervent liberal, fought against the Restauration and was active in French politics as a publicist and politician during the latter half of the French Revolution and between 1815 and 1830. During part of this latter period, he sat in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower legislative house of the Restoration-era government. He was one of its most eloquent orators and a leader of the parliamentary block first known as the Independants and then as "liberals."
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December 12, 2023
Los rescoldos de la Revolución Francesa aún humeaban y la sangre del Terror apenas empezaba a ser enjugada. El mundo conocido acababa de saltar en mil pedazos cuando un joven suizo descendiente de hugonotes franceses creyó observar no ya solo el nacimiento de un nuevo tipo de sociedad, sino también de una clase inédita de individuo. Aquel nuevo tipo de persona exhibía tanta desinhibición como exigencias. Sin raíces, flexible, cosmopolita, refractario a toda catalogación, de curiosidad voraz a la que nada de lo humano le era ajeno, desconfiaba por norma de los gobiernos que pretendieran interferir en su sacrosanta vida privada. Se trataba de un nuevo sujeto destinado a cambiar la historia, aquel veinteañero estaba seguro de ello. Y se parecía terriblemente a él mismo.
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May 30, 2024
Que interesante saber un poco más de donde vienen institutos nuestros de tanta importancia como el art. 19 de la Constitución. Constant explica todo muy claro y de forma muy amena.
Su teoría sobre libertades fundamentales sigue siendo relevante y su esquema de división de poderes al menos te deja pensando...
Su teoría sobre libertades fundamentales sigue siendo relevante y su esquema de división de poderes al menos te deja pensando...
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