From Ancient to Modern Liberty: The Legacy of Benjamin Constant

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This review offers a critical examination of Benjamin Constant's “De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes”, exploring his pivotal distinction between ancient and modern conceptions of liberty. Constant argues that the individual liberty of moderns, shaped by commercial and social transformations, is fundamentally different from the collective liberty of the ancients. He advocates for a liberal political order based on representative government and a moderating power. Constant's theoretical contributions, particularly his vision of individual freedom and constitutional governance, continue to influence modern democratic systems.

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Constant, Benjamin. De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes. 1819. Institut Coppet. Accessed January 12, 2025.
https://www.institutcoppet.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/7.-CONSTANTBenjamin-De-la-liberte-des-Anciens-comparee-a-celle-des-Modernes.pdf.

Fontana, Biancamaria. Benjamin Constant and the revolutionary mind. New Haven, CT: Yale UP, 1991.

Freitas do Amaral, Diogo. História das Ideias Políticas (apontamentos). Vol.2. Lisboa: 1997.

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