Montesquieu
[,mɔntes'kju:]
Definition
(noun.) French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755).
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Examples
- Montesquieu, not from their poverty, but partly from this, and partly from the difficulty of recovering the money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Living in the Eighteenth Century, they thought in the images of Newton and Montesquieu. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Montesquieu, who was himself a judge, endeavours to impress other maxims. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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