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Montesquieu

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Noun

1. baron de la brede et de montesquieu, charles louis de secondat, montesquieu

French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)

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noun
Baron de la Brède et de (barɔ̃ də la brɛd e də), title of Charles Louis de Secondat. 1689–1755, French political philosopher. His chief works are the satirical Lettres persanes (1721) and L'Esprit des lois (1748), a comparative analysis of various forms of government, which had a profound influence on political thought in Europe and the US

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(Baron de la Brède et de)(born Charles Louis de Secondat) 1689-1755; Fr. jurist & political philosopher

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French philosopher and jurist. An outstanding figure of the early French Enlightenment, he wrote the influential Persian Letters (1721), a veiled attack on the monarchy and the ancien régime, and The Spirit of the Laws (1748), a discourse on government.

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