Montesquieu

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Montesquieu was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher best known for his theory of the separation of powers, which profoundly shaped modern constitutional government.

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instanceOf Enlightenment thinker ⓘ
French nobleman ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
person ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Charles-Louis de Secondat de La Brède et de Montesquieu ⓘ
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Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu ⓘ
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authorOf Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence ⓘ
De l'esprit des lois ⓘ
Lettres persanes ⓘ
linked to: Persian Letters
birthDate 1689-01-18 ⓘ
birthName Charles-Louis de Secondat ⓘ
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birthPlace La Brède, near Bordeaux, France ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1755-02-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Paris, France ⓘ
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educatedAt Collège de Juilly ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
familyName de Secondat ⓘ
fieldOfWork history ⓘ
law ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
genre epistolary novel ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
givenName Charles-Louis ⓘ
heldTitle président à mortier of the Parlement of Bordeaux ⓘ
influenced French Revolution thinkers ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
liberal constitutionalism ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
memberOf Académie française ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu ⓘ
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notableIdea climate theory of government ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
theory of checks and balances ⓘ
notableWork Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline ⓘ
Persian Letters ⓘ
The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political theorist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
parliamentaryRole member of the Parlement of Bordeaux ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ

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