- Born
- January 18, 1689
- Died
- February 10, 1755 (aged 66)
- Known as
- philosopher, writer, novelist, sociologist, lawyer, judge
Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.
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