Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron [de La Brede et] d

Born: 1689 AD
Died: 1755 AD, at 66 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Philosophers, Politicial Adviser

French lawyer and political philosopher

developed concept of checks and balances

wrote "The Spirit of the Laws" 1748

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"The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them."
"It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption."