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, intellectual, historian, and …

4 days ago · Montesquieu, French political philosopher whose principal work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to political theory. It inspired the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the …

Nov 17, 2023 · Montesquieu (1689 to 1757) was a French philosopher whose ideas in works like The Spirit of the Laws helped launch the Enlightenment movement in Europe. His ideas on the separation …

Jul 18, 2003 · Montesquieu was one of the great political philosophers of the Enlightenment. Insatiably curious and mordantly funny, he constructed a naturalistic account of the various forms of …

Feb 1, 2024 · But one of the framers’ most quoted philosophers was Charles Louis de Secondat De Montesquieu of France, better known as the Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755), an Enlightenment …

Jul 2, 2025 · Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755), a prominent figure of the Enlightenment, left an indelible mark on political philosophy, profoundly influencing the architecture …

Montesquieu was a French lawyer, man of letters, and one of the most influential political philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. His political theory work, particularly the idea of separation of powers, …

MONTESQUIEU, CHARLES-LOUIS DE SECONDAT DE (1689 – 1755), parlementary judge, historian, and political philosopher. Montesquieu was born on 18 January 1689 at La Br è de, near Bordeaux.

Montesquieu’s magnum opus, De l’esprit des lois (The Spirit of Laws), published in 1748, cemented his legacy as a political philosopher. This comprehensive work analyzed various forms of government, …

Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu was born to a noble family in 1689 at La Brède, near Bordeaux, in southwestern France. He received his education at the prestigious …