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French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher (1689–1755)

This article is about the French philosopher.

For other uses, see Montesquieu (disambiguation).

Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu^[a] (18 January 1689 – 10 February 1755), generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher.

Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, GCB, KCSI, CIE, FBA (12 June – 14 May ) was a distinguished British lawyer and civil servant.

Courteney, C. P. Montesquieu and Burke.

Image of Montesquieu: the apostle of liberty · Image of Parliament; its History, Constitution and Practice · Image of Methods of Legislation; A Lecture.

This process of merging ideas from Montesquieu and Rousseau, and adapting them to representative government, is embodied in the work of Mably and Sieyès.

This is a book of literary history which examines the relationship between British writing and Asian people and places in the colonial period and later, by.

He is the principal source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world. He is also known for doing more than any other author to secure the place of the word despotism in the political lexicon.^[3] His anonymously published The Spirit of Law (1748), which was received well in both Great Britain and the American colonies, influenced the Founding Fathers of the United States in drafting the U.S.

Constitution.

Biography

Montesquieu was born at the Château de la Brède in