Editing Michel de l'Hôpital (section)

===Views===
L'Hôpital was one of several leading French figures who was interested in the philosophy of stoicism.{{sfn|Roelker|1996|p=108}} To this end and beyond, L'Hôpital was a great advocate of learning Greek.{{sfn|Roelker|1996|p=97}} L'Hôpital opined that there was no provincial or town governor in France who had not in their tenure committed enough graft with the king's money to be executable if the king willed it.{{sfn|Harding|1978|p=167}} He was frustrated by how infrequently the estates had met in the last century, viewing them as a valuable mechanism of receiving feedback on government policies. He was overall autocratic in disposition, arguing that the purpose of the estates was to  provide their complaints and receive redress from the king, while the ''Parlement's'' were a vehicle through which the king delivered his justice.{{sfn|Salmon|1975|p=152}}