Montesquieu

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Enlightenment thinker French nobleman jurist person philosopher political philosopher writer

Montesquieu was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher best known for his theory of the separation of powers, which profoundly shaped modern constitutional government.

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Label Occurrences
Montesquieu canonical 44
Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu 8
Charles-Louis de Secondat 4

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Enlightenment thinker ⓘ
French nobleman ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
person ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Montesquieu ⓘ
surface form: Charles-Louis de Secondat de La Brède et de Montesquieu

Montesquieu ⓘ
surface form: Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
authorOf Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline ⓘ
surface form: Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence

The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
surface form: De l'esprit des lois

Persian Letters ⓘ
surface form: Lettres persanes
birthDate 1689-01-18 ⓘ
birthName Montesquieu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Charles-Louis de Secondat
birthPlace La Brède, near Bordeaux, France ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1755-02-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
educatedAt Collège de Juilly ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
familyName de Secondat ⓘ
fieldOfWork history ⓘ
law ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
genre epistolary novel ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
givenName Charles-Louis ⓘ
heldTitle président à mortier of the Parlement of Bordeaux ⓘ
influenced French Revolution thinkers ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
liberal constitutionalism ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
memberOf Académie française ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
nobleTitle Montesquieu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
notableIdea climate theory of government ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
theory of checks and balances ⓘ
notableWork Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline ⓘ
Persian Letters ⓘ
The Spirit of the Laws ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political theorist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
parliamentaryRole member of the Parlement of Bordeaux ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

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The Spirit of the Laws → author → Montesquieu ⓘ
Montesquieu → birthName → Montesquieu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles-Louis de Secondat
Montesquieu → alsoKnownAs → Montesquieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
Montesquieu → alsoKnownAs → Montesquieu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles-Louis de Secondat de La Brède et de Montesquieu
Montesquieu → nobleTitle → Montesquieu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
American Enlightenment → influencedBy → Montesquieu ⓘ
Cesare Beccaria → influencedBy → Montesquieu ⓘ
Alexis de Tocqueville → influencedBy → Montesquieu ⓘ
Barillot & Fils → notableAuthorPublished → Montesquieu ⓘ
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French republicanism → influencedBy → Montesquieu ⓘ
Émile Durkheim → influencedBy → Montesquieu ⓘ
Pierre Bayle → influenced → Montesquieu ⓘ
Samuel Pufendorf → influenced → Montesquieu ⓘ
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Charles-Louis → alsoKnownAs → Montesquieu ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
Charles-Louis → birthName → Montesquieu ⓘ
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Persian Letters → author → Montesquieu ⓘ
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline → author → Montesquieu ⓘ
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline → author → Montesquieu ⓘ
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Edward Gibbon → influencedBy → Montesquieu ⓘ
Mikhail Speransky → influencedBy → Montesquieu ⓘ
Benjamin Constant → influencedBy → Montesquieu ⓘ
United States Founding Fathers → influencedBy → Montesquieu ⓘ
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La Brède → birthplaceOf → Montesquieu ⓘ
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Château de La Brède → notableResident → Montesquieu ⓘ
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Baron de La Brède → notableTitleHolder → Montesquieu ⓘ
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