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    Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl lwi də səɡɔ̃da baʁɔ̃ də la bʁɛd e də mɔ̃tɛskjø]; 18 January...
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  • Montesquieu (1689–1755) was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher. Montesquieu may also refer to: Montesquieu, Hérault, commune in...
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    in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu (in the original French, Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu ou la politique de Machiavel au...
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    The Spirit of Law (category Works by Montesquieu)
    political theory, as well as a pioneering work in comparative law by Montesquieu, published in 1748. Originally published anonymously, as was the norm...
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    Montesquieu University (French: Université Montesquieu), also known as Bordeaux IV (French: Bordeaux Quatre), was a French university, based in Pessac...
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  • Separation of powers (category Montesquieu)
    Ukrainian Hetman Pylyp Orlyk.[verification needed] An earlier forerunner to Montesquieu's tripartite system was articulated by John Locke in his work Two Treatises...
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    Montesquieu-Volvestre is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department of southwestern France. Stella Blandy (1836-1925), woman of letters, feminist Communes...
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    a republic is a government where the head of state is not a monarch. Montesquieu included both democracies, where all the people have a share in rule...
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  • thought with Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws in the 18th century. The idea was not new or unique to Montesquieu's work, but Montesquieu's work is widely...
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    literary salon and was associated with Montesquieu, the philosophers and the Encyclopédistes. It was to her that Montesquieu entrusted the manuscript of the...
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    Montesquieu-Avantès (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɛskjø avɑ̃tɛs]) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Montesquieu-Avantès has...
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  • Montesquieu (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɛskjø]; Languedocien: Montesquiu) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France...
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    (contributions to liberal theory) Philosophers Milton Locke Spinoza Montesquieu Voltaire Rousseau Smith Kant Turgot Burke Priestley Paine Beccaria Condorcet...
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  • Richard Montesquieu Bellew (12 February 1803 – 8 January 1880) was an Irish politician. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He took office as...
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    Reviewed: The Baron Montesquieu". Callahan, 2014, pp. 589, 592, 599 Montesquieu, Rousseau (ed.),1955, [1748] , pp. 29, 34 Montesquieu, Rousseau (ed.),1955...
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    Montesquieu-des-Albères (Catalan: Montesquiu d'Albera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Montesquieu-des-Albères...
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  • embryonic form", as in "Locke's theory of government resembles, in spe, Montesquieu's theory of the separation of powers." in specialibus generalia quaerimus...
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    Persian Letters (category Works by Montesquieu)
    a literary work, published in 1721, by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, recounting the experiences of two fictional Persian noblemen, Usbek...
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    Johannes Althusius is considered the father of modern federalism along with Montesquieu. Althusius notably exposes the bases of this political philosophy in...
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    constitutional monarch, as the term was then understood, following Montesquieu's account of the separation of powers. The present-day concept of a constitutional...
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    political philosophy Le Bon Le Play Madison Maistre Marx Mazzini Mill Montesquieu Nietzsche Owen Paine Renan Rousseau Sade Saint-Simon Smith Spencer de...
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    John Chippendall Montesquieu Bellew (né Higgin; 3 August 1823 – 19 June 1874) was an English author, preacher, and public reader. He was born at Lancaster...
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    writer and lawyer known for The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu, a political satire of Napoleon III. Most of the known information about...
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  • is the enemy of the good.) Previously, around 1726, in his Pensées, Montesquieu wrote "Le mieux est le mortel ennemi du bien" (The best is the mortal...
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  • (contributions to liberal theory) Philosophers Milton Locke Spinoza Montesquieu Voltaire Rousseau Smith Kant Turgot Burke Priestley Paine Beccaria Condorcet...
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  • the powers of government, liberal theorists such as James Madison and Montesquieu conceived the notion of separation of powers, a system designed to equally...
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    writings of Baron de Montesquieu, another Enlightenment thinker of the time, greatly influenced Robespierre as well. Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws defines...
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    d'Holbach Jaucourt La Mettrie Lavoisier Leclerc Mably Maréchal Meslier Montesquieu Morelly Pascal Quesnay Raynal Sade Turgot Voltaire Geneva Abauzit Bonnet...
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    doctrine originating in the writings of Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws, in which he argued for a constitutional government...
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  • Philosophers and politicians advocating republics, such as Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Adams, and Madison, relied heavily on classical Greek and Roman sources...
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