Montesquieu

Mon·tes·quieu

M0405800 (mŏn′tə-skyo͞o′, môN-tĕ-skyœ′)Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu. Title of Charles de Secondat. 1689-1755. 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.

Montesquieu

(French mɔ̃tɛskjø) n (Biography) 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

Mon•tes•quieu

(ˈmɒn təˌskyu; Fr. mɔ̃ tɛsˈkyœ)

n. (Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu) 1689–1755, French philosophical writer.

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Montesquieu - French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat