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."
"In France there are three kinds of professions: the church, the sword, and the long robe. Each hath a sovereign contempt for the other two. For example, a man who ought to be despised only for being a…"
"Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer."
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Timeline
1689
Born
Birth1755
Died
Death
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