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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. It was a scandal that a breed of fearless and sinister people ran around freely, so they attached a nickname and a myth to these people to get even with them, to make up for the many times they had felt afraid.
Montesquieu
Born: January 18, 1689
Died: February 10, 1755 (aged 66)
Bio: Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment.
Known for:
- The Spirit of the Laws (1748)
- Persian Letters (1721)
- Selected Political Writings
- The political theory of Montesquieu
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