montesquieu
enlightment thinker
what was their job?
He was a jurist, social philosopher and satirist
what are their political thoughts and beliefs?
He saw despotism, in particular, as a standing danger for any government not already despotic, and argued that it could best be prevented by a system in which different bodies exercised legislative, executive, and judicial power, and in which all those bodies were bound by the rule of law.
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Baron de Montesquieu was a French author, political commentator, philosopher, jurist and social commentator.