Montesquieu full name
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A Montesquieu Dictionary
1In his “Mémoires de ma vie” (Pensées, no. 1236), Montesquieu may have intended to write his own biography, but, with his genealogy, the whole thing remained a regrouped project in the Pensées or the Spicilège. Charles Louis de Secondat was born on 18 January 1689 in the château of La Brède, the heir of a family lately come to Bordeaux, in the early 17th century, but which had managed to adopt the causes and marry the daughters of the parlement of Guyenne. Jean-Baptiste Gaston, grandfather of the philosopher, managed one of the finest matches in the city by marrying the daughter of Joseph Dubernet, the first President of the sovereign court. While with nine children (three girls and six boys) the family’s future seemed assured, the hazards of life were such that only his fourth son, Jacques, had any progeny that was viable or unbound by religious vows. The firstborn, Charles Louis, baptized the very day of his birth, was godfathered by one of the parish poor, following a fairly widespread custom in Guyenne, but his entire education – in a cer
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Introduction: Montesquieu
19.4.3: Baron de Montesquieu
Montesquieu was a French political philosopher of the Enlightenment period, whose articulation of the theory of separation of powers is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world.
Learning Objective
Describe Montesquieu’s solution for keeping power from falling into the hands of any one individual
Key Points
- Montesquieu was a French lawyer, man of letters, and one of the most influential political philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. His political theory work, particularly the idea of separation of powers, shaped the modern democratic government.
- The Spirit of the Laws is a treatise on political theory that was first published anonymously by Montesquieu in 1748. Montesquieu covered many topics, including the law, social life, and the study of anthropology, and provided more than 3,000 commendations.
- In this political treatise, Montesquieu pleaded in favor of a constitutional system of government and the separation of powers, the ending of slavery, the preservation of civil liberties and t
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Baron de Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat
1. Life
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was born on January 19th, 1689 at La Brède, near Bordeaux, to a noble and prosperous family. He was educated at the Oratorian Collège de Juilly, received a law degree from the University of Bordeaux in 1708, and went to Paris to continue his legal studies. On the death of his father in 1713 he returned to La Brède to manage the estates he inherited, and in 1715 he married Jeanne de Lartigue, a practicing Protestant, with whom he had a son and two daughters. In 1716 he inherited from his uncle the title Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu and the office of Président à Mortier in the Parlement of Bordeaux, which was at the time chiefly a judicial and administrative body. For the next eleven years he presided over the Tournelle, the Parlement's criminal division, in which capacity he heard legal proceedings, supervised prisons, and administered various punishments including torture. During this time he was also act
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