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Charles Et Secondat, Baron De La Brede Et De Montesquieu

Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu was born in
1689 to a French noble family. "His family tree could be traced 350
years, which in his view made its name neither good nor bad." (The
Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, p. 68) Montesquieu's views started to
be shaped at a very early age. A beggar was chosen to be his godfather
to remind him of his obligations to the poor.
Montesquieu's education started at the age of 11 when he was sent to
Juilly, a school maintained by the Congregation of the Oratory. From
1705 to 1709 he studied law in Bordeaux. "From 1705 to 1709 he was a
legal apprentice in Paris. There he came to know some of the most
advanced thinkers of his time: Fredet, the Abbe Lama, and
Boulainvilliers.(Ibid.). In 1716 Montesquieu got a seat of president a
mortier in the parlement of Guyenne from his deceased uncle. Even
though he did not like his job he believed parliaments were necessary to
control the monarchs.
In 1721......


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