“Louis XIV’s fear of divine punishment was a strong check on abuses of power. In contrast, the skepticism of the Lumières, who inspired “enlightened despotism”—a supposedly more modern, rational regime—did not limit arbitrary power but rather extended it.” -Petitfils, “Louis XIV”
Replying to @Chateaubriand__
Except Louis XIV abused his power in ways never seen before and after him, always justified either by his own excellence or, in the later part of his reign, by religious ideas. But he was always right to do so and has done more than any monarch in the last 400 years.
9:53 AM - 4 May 2018
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