Montesquieu
Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, intellectual, historian, and political philosopher.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Château de la Brède
- Educated at
- Lycée Saint-LouisCollege of Juilly
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society
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Trending topics shown first"Christians are beginning to lose the spirit of intolerance which animated them: experience has shown the error of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, and of the persecution of those Christians in Fr…"
"Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer."
"I write to thee on this subject, , because I am angry at a book which I have just left, which is so large, that it seems to contain universal science, but it hath almost split my head, without teachin…"
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Timeline
1689
Born
Birth1755
Died
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