2. The Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755), Alan Macfarlane

Filmed as part of a second year course in social anthropology at Cambridge University in November 2001. For further writings on the social theorists and the background, please see www.alanmacfarlane.com

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[balthus33]

sound is really bad, next time try to use microport

[ayabaya]

sorry about this - what is microport and how do I use? Alan

[balthus33]

in fact, it is something that you used (I haven't noticed it first, sorry), next time try to either test the quality of sound (which might be quite difficult ooz t takes time) or try aditional voce recorder (espescially when lecturer is ot moving)- then you could delete original soundtrack in final cut pro and use the voice recorder recording (you would have to ensure that both recordings are continuous and that you synchronizethem while editing). Hope that hels

[ayabaya]

Thanks that is helpful, Alan

[highalltimes]

its a privalige for some one like me who would normally never get the chance to be in attendance to one of these lectures to watch it online (highschool dropout) in my veiw this is the reason youtube is such a good idea . so me some no name "loser" from Nj can see What some of the future leaders of the world are learning , and again as a freshman drop out im rather pleased that these lectures still make sense to me , i am very proud of my self and i encourage all to do the same ,

[spencermzj]

@highalltimes I think that's admirable, and if you know anyone who has gone to college I'm sure they'll tell you that most of the students are idiots.

[StratusBlue]

I am happy I did not pay money to hear 3 minutes of info Oxforded into an hour, but the time was ill spent.

[MrBillcale]

sepaeration of powers!

[marcabela]

Too bad I can only click "like" once on all these videos... Brilliant work, many thanks...

[KenMacMillan]

Regardless of the audio problems this is still a great lecture.

[ChadCMulligan1]

Is it possible to have this lecture re-posted? The sound problem is very significant, and it would be great to substitute for this entire damaged tape...