Is it really that good?
>>25652152you should have recommended me this book in the thread on legitmacy
I bought his St. Petersburg Dialogues a few months ago. Haven't gotten around to reading them yet, but they come highly recommended.Really enjoyed Considerations On France. The idea that the aristocracy had the Revolution coming because they tolerated the Enlightenment was a novel one to me.
>>25652175>The idea that the aristocracy had the Revolution coming because they tolerated the Enlightenment was a novel one to me.seemed kind of self evident to me.
>>25652318I do also like how de Maistre calls the monarchy coming back. Of course, in the long run it didn't last, but he knew the Revolution, even with Napoleon, would burn itself out.I also think it's probably worth remembering how LONG it took the French monarchy to finally die for good. Napoleon III was only deposed for good in 1870, so that's almost 80 more years of the French monarchy before they finally managed to totally wipe it out. Not to mention some of the "revolutionary period" takes place under Bonaparte's time as Emperor, so even some of the Revolution was a monarchy.
