One of the Spanish nobles whom Cosimo meets in the trees of Olivabassa. When Cosimo learns that King Carlos III tortured El Conde’s son, Cosimo realizes that El Conde is the only Spanish noble who is truly suffering. This, however, means that El Conde is one of the only Spaniards to express genuine interest in Enlightenment ideas. He’s also the only one who insists that they need to put those ideas in practice by taking to the courts after King Carlos III invites the nobles to return to Spain.
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Chapter 18
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And there, with naive youthful fervor, he explained the ideas of the philosophers and the wrongs of sovereigns and how states could be governed according to reason and justice.
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El Conde Quotes in The Baron in the Trees
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Chapter 18
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And there, with naive youthful fervor, he explained the ideas of the philosophers and the wrongs of sovereigns and how states could be governed according to reason and justice.
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