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Montesquieu.
In his influential work The Spirit of Laws, the French political philosopher Montesquieu classified governments based on their "animating principle," or the manner in which they conduct policy.1
He associated the principle of honour with monarchy.1
In his framework, Montesquieu distinguished this from other forms of government, assigning the principle of virtue to the republic and the principle of fear to despotism.1