Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe
CHAPTER XXIX.
OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE ACCORDING TO MONTESQUIEU--HONOR--VIRTUE.
Institution of censors according to Montesquieu--Two kinds of prejudice in the author of the _Esprit des Lois_--He assigns honor as the principle of monarchies, and virtue as that of republics--Explanation of the feeling of honor--What is required to strengthen this feeling--The censorial power replaced by the religious--Examples--Contrasts, 161