Charles-Louis

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Charles-Louis was the given name of Montesquieu, the influential French Enlightenment thinker best known for his theory of the separation of powers in government.

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instanceOf Enlightenment philosopher
person
political philosopher
alsoKnownAs Montesquieu
birthName Montesquieu
surface form: Charles-Louis de Secondat
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
dateOfBirth 1689-01-18
dateOfDeath 1755-02-10
educatedAt Collège de Juilly NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup French
fieldOfWork law
political philosophy
genre epistolary novel
political theory
givenName Charles-Louis self-linksurface differs
influenced Alexis de Tocqueville
French Revolution political thought
James Madison
United States Constitution
liberal political theory
influencedBy John Locke
classical republicanism
knownFor theory of separation of powers
languageOfWorkOrName French
mainInterest constitutional law
forms of government
political liberty
movement Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment
nativeLanguage French
nobleTitle Baron de La Brède
notableWork Persian Letters
The Spirit of the Laws
occupation jurist
philosopher
political theorist
writer
placeOfBirth La Brède, near Bordeaux, France
surface form: La Brède, Gironde, France
placeOfDeath Paris
surface form: Paris, France
positionHeld President à mortier of the Parlement of Bordeaux
proposedConcept climate theory of government
separation of legislative, executive, and judicial powers
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Jeanne de Lartigue

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Charles-Louis givenName Charles-Louis self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
Montesquieu givenName Charles-Louis