Liberal Thinkers
In the Contributions to liberal theory the following French thinkers are included:
- Charles de Montesquieu (1689–1755)
- Voltaire (1694–1778)
- Marquis de Condorcet (1743–1794)
- Benjamin Constant (1767–1830)
- Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850)
- Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)
- Raymond Aron (1905–1983)
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