Baron+de+Montesquieu

**Baron de Montesquieu ** (1689-1755) //"government should be set up so that no man need be afraid of another"//

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Charles-Loius de Secondat was born on January 16, 1689 in Bordeaux, France. He lived during the Era of Enlightenment and studied at the Catholic College of Juilly. He was a writter who made an impact on France and helped contribute to the popularization of fuedalism. When he was twenty-six he married his wife, Jeanne de Lartigue who brought him a substantial dowry. After the death of his uncle he received a large inheritance along with the title Baron de Montesquieu. Montesquieu was well respected in the Brittish colonies in America as a champoin of Brittish liberty. He was often found quoting criticism on the government and his literary sucesses brought fame. He enjoyed traveling through Europe and had trouble with his eye sight. He was fully blinded by the time of his death on Feburary 10,1755.=====


 * **1689 - Charles-Louis de Secondat was born.**
 * **1716 - Received title of Baron de Montesquieu after death of his uncle**
 * **1721 - First literary success, //Lettres Persanes.// A sattire pointing out the problems of his modern day society.**
 * **1734 - //Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence.// This was considered by some scholars as his master work.**
 * **1751 - The Roman Catholic Church banned most of Montesquieu's literary works and listed them in the Index.**
 * **1755 - Died of a high fever.**

**List of Works**

 * //Les causes de I'echo// (Causes of an Echo)
 * //Les glandes renales// (The Renal Glands)
 * //La cause de la pesanteur des corp// (The Cause of Gravity of Bodies)
 * //La damnation eternelle des paiens// (The Eternal Damnation of the Pagans, 1711)
 * //Systeme des Idees// (System of Ideas, 1716)
 * //Lettres persanes// (Persain Letters, 1721)
 * //Le temple de Gnide// (The Temple of Gnide, 1724)
 * //Arsace et Ismenie// (The True History of Arsace and Imenie, 1730)
 * //Considerations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur decadence// (Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and the Decedance of the Romans, 1734)
 * //De I'espirit des lois// (The Spirit of Laws, 1748)
 * //La defense de " L'Espirit des lois"// (In Defense of "The Spirit of Laws", 1748)
 * //Pensees suivies de spicilege// (Thoughts after Specilege)

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In Montesquieu's works he divided France's society into three major classes. He called them the Trias Politica and they were the Monarchy, the Aristocracy, and the Commons. He also divided the government into the Sovereign and the Administrative. The administrative powers were like the executive, legislative, and judicial branches and it made a major impact on France because his beliefs went against the three Estates of the French Monarchy. This also impacts on the way the governtment is today, we still use the three branches of government. He also believed that women could be head of government, but not head of a family. Montesquieu was ahead of his time when he strongly went against slavery. In //The Spirit of the Laws// he writes "The state of Slavery in its own nature is bad". He also wrote in //The Spirit of the Laws//, that a persons atmosphere impacts the way his personality is. He stressed that a temperature may be partially responsible for a person's attitude. For example, warmer weathered countries tend to be "too hot-tempered" and countries in colder climates are "icy" or "stiff".=====

//Lettres persanes//


 * Aristotle
 * Thomas Hobbes
 * Rene Descartes
 * Nicolas Malebranch
 * John Locke


 * David Hume
 * Edmund Burke
 * Thomas Paine
 * Rousseau

=** HERO **== === Baron de Montesquiue is to be considered a hero because he is the one who broke the government into three different braches; the exectutive, legislative, and judicial. He, from the very beginning, saw corruption and absurdity within the then current government and so he wrote about it to try to help change people's opinion. In 1721, Montesquieu wrote in Lettres persanes about the government. This was the first time people began to recognize his name and his work. The government today is still set up in three different branches and it is working efficiently, all thanks to Baron de Montesquieu. ===

WANTED
This "philosopher" is responsible for the termination of a perfect government. His books and ideas have caused a mass confusion and they have turned the French people away from its government. His ideas and views have no logic behind them, and there is no reason to change the government from how it was. After putting all his work in the Index and banning the continuation of his work, Montesquieu has fled and is no where to be found. Anyone who finds him will be rewarded $100,000 along with any new works he has published, or copies of his old ones.