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.

Aliases (6)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Enlightenment thinker → French nobleman → jurist → person → philosopher → political philosopher → writer →
alsoKnownAs	Charles-Louis de Secondat de La Brède et de Montesquieu → Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu →
authorOf	Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence → De l'esprit des lois → Lettres persanes →
birthDate	1689-01-18 →
birthName	Charles-Louis de Secondat →
birthPlace	La Brède, near Bordeaux, France →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
deathDate	1755-02-10 →
deathPlace	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	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 (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexis de Tocqueville → American Enlightenment → Cesare Beccaria → French republicanism → Émile Durkheim →	influencedBy
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline → Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline ("Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu") → Persian Letters → The Spirit of the Laws →	author
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu → Montesquieu ("Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu") → Montesquieu ("Charles-Louis de Secondat de La Brède et de Montesquieu") →	alsoKnownAs
Enlightenment rationalism → de Secondat →	associatedWith
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu ("Charles-Louis de Secondat") → Montesquieu ("Charles-Louis de Secondat") →	birthName
Pierre Bayle → Samuel Pufendorf →	influenced
de Secondat ("Baron de Montesquieu") →	associatedWithTitle
French Enlightenment →	hasMainProponent
Enlightenment philosophy →	hasNotableFigure
La Brède →	hasNotablePerson
Age of Enlightenment →	majorFigure
Montesquieu ("Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu") →	nobleTitle
Barillot & Fils →	notableAuthorPublished
de Secondat ("Charles-Louis de Secondat") →	usedBy
de Secondat ("Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu") →	usedInFullName