Category Archives: Montesquieu
MONTESQUIEU
(1689-1755)
from The Persian Letters
from Consideration of the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline
from The Spirit of Laws
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Bréde et de la Montesquieu, was a French political and social philosopher, jurist, satirist, and the first of the great French men of letters of the Enlightenment. Born at La Bréde near Bordeaux, … Continue reading
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