Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher.
He is the principal source of the theory of separation of... Wikipedia
Born: January 18, 1689, La Brède, France
Died: February 10, 1755 (age 66 years), Paris, France
Influenced: Alexis Henri C M Clerel Tocqueville
Influenced by: Thomas Hobbes, Aristotle, René Descartes, and more
Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society
Full name: Charles-Louis de Secondat
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