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2 lug 2024 · Montesquieu, French political philosopher whose principal work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to political theory. It inspired the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Constitution of the United States. Learn more about Montesquieu’s life and work.
2 lug 2024 · Abandoning the classical divisions of his predecessors into monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy, Montesquieu produced his own analysis and assigned to each form of government an animating principle: the republic, based on virtue; the monarchy, based on honour; and despotism (see tyranny), based on fear.
2 lug 2024 · The first modern formulation of the doctrine was that of the French political philosopher Montesquieu in De l’esprit des lois (1748; The Spirit of Laws), although the English philosopher John Locke had earlier argued that legislative power should be divided between king and Parliament.
1 giorno fa · The political philosopher Montesquieu introduced the idea of a separation of powers in a government, a concept which was enthusiastically adopted by the authors of the United States Constitution.
1 giorno fa · Montesquieu made many friends during his time in England. Among his closest was Lord Chesterfield, who persuaded him to become a freemason and initiated him in its rites. These emphasized equality and brotherhood, and it may have further encouraged the Baron in his belief that he needed to find a means, even if covert, by which to speak out against Bourbon rule.
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10 lug 2024 · Charles-Louis de Secondat, the baron de Montesquieu was one of France's most famous Enlightenment philosophers and writers. His 1748 work The Spirit of Laws formed the basis for both the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and the U.S. Constitution.
