Commentary on Filangieri’s Work
Commentary on Filangieri’s Work by Benjamin Constant, published by Liberty Fund in 2015, is a significant exploration of political and social questions central to Constant’s liberal philosophy. This edition, available in English and spanning 272 pages, presents a translation that aims to highlight the work’s importance in political theory.
Readers will find that Commentary on Filangieri’s Work emphasizes the belief that government should play a limited role in society, focusing on preventing disorder and allowing individuals to pursue their own good. The text engages with themes of political philosophy and theory, offering insights into European political thought. This work serves as a reference for those interested in the historical context and development of liberal ideas.
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Commentary on Filangieri’s Work addresses the principal political and social questions that Benjamin Constant, one of the most important liberal thinkers of the nineteenth century, ever discussed. This translation will help give the work its deserved importance in political theory.
Commentary is founded on the view that government should maintain a strictly limited role in society; “The functions of government are purely negative. It should repress disorder, eliminate obstacles, in a word, prevent evil from arising. Thereafter one can leave it to individuals to find the good.”
Benjamin Constant (1767-1830), born in Switzerland, became one of France’s leading writers, as well as a journalist, philosopher, and politician.
Alan S. Kahan is Professor of British Civilization at the Université de Versailles/St. Quentin-en-Yvelines in France.
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