Fénelon and Christian Agrarianism

Raison d’état

Machiavelli

Hobbes

Moral pessimism

Colbert

Mercantilism

France under Louis XIV

1667 Invasion of Flanders

War of Spanish Succession

1701-14

Famine

1693-41709-10

Directions for the Conscience of a King

• Justice and natural law• History, customs and ethics• Ancient forms of

government• Personal morality of the

King• Remuneration of public

officials• Control of expenditure• Taxation• Expansionist foreign policy• National security

The Duke of Burgundy

Telemachus

• Attack on régime of Louis XIV

• Agrarian utopia• Benevolent king• Wise and just

administration• Virtuous citizens• Brotherhood of man• World peace• Federation of Nations

Christian Agrarianism

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