Political+Views

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Charles-Louis Montesquieu had many political views. Montesquieu holds that there are three types of governments: republican governments, which can take either democratic or aristocratic forms; monarchies; and despotisms. Montesquieu believed that the principal of democracy is political virtue, which is explained as the love of laws and one's country.

Montesquieu found people to be fundamentally insecure. Meaning that we don't have instinct like animals or the perfect all knowing ability like God. Montesquieu divided political systems by the following, despotism based on fear, republics based on virtue, and monarchies based on honor.  Montesquieu's views were rather liberal. Because of this montesquieu lacked the approval of religious leaders. The article also states that Montesquieu, though not believing that all people were exactly equal, thought that slavery was in need of abolition. Montesquieu's ideas can be found in The Spirit of Laws. The Spirit of Laws is a comparative study of three types of governments. One can find that Montesquieu's ideas, as stated in his writings, inspired America's system of “Cheques and Balances”.

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