Biography

Charles-Louis Montesquieu
-Charles-Louis Montesquieu** //
 * ===="An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. "====

Charles-Louis Montesquieu was born on January 18, 1689 in Bordeaux, France in a very loyal and wealthy family. He spent the early years of his life among the poor, or working class in the village of La Brede. He was a member of government and Free Masons. He was an important man in history. He was also the found of history and social science. He like to study adaptation, and he thought that laws were normal and people desired them. In 1700's, Montesquieu was sent to the Oratorian College de July, at Meaux, that was where he received his education. His great aim in life was to write "The Esprit des Lois". In 1705 he studied law in Bordeaux, and in 1715 he got married to Jeanne de Lartigue. He was part of a group called "French Men of Letters" and he was one of the leader in Enlightenment. He believe that the rules that people had 500 years ago, are the rules that we still follow today, he wanted to look and study the laws in the past to help us today. He also believed that people have the power to govern themselves, but the power should be split and no one should have all the powers.

He thought that laws were necessary and open to change. He really didn't like to see the law as a profession but he was so interested in the Spirit that lay behind law that was when he started writing his book called "The Spirit of the Laws" and he thought a person who did good things was a good person, he also wrote the "persian letters" and published them in 1721. He placed the "reason" as the most important ideal, that's why the traditional social ideas got rejected during the 1800s. Charles works divided French into 3 classes; the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the commons and he also saw two powers existing, the sovereign an the administrative. Some of Montesquieu's ideas directly influenced our constitution, and he died in February 10, 1755 in Paris, France.







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