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The good can have another object because there are several goods, but the best is one alone and can, therefore, never change.
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Montesquieu
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The Spirit of Law
(1748)
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Montesquieu
Source
The Spirit of Law
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Date
1748
Language
English
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Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone
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"The good can have another object because there are several goods, but the best is one alone and can, therefore, never change." Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748).
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