Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Montesquieu and the Persian Letters
-Charle-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu
-Born 1689, died 1755
-Educated at the Oration College de Juilly and University of Bordeaux
-Married Jeanne Lartigue, had three children
-Became President a Mortier in the Parlement of Bordeaux
-Published Persian Letters in 1721, became a literary star
-Travelled in Europe
-Published Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans, 1734
-Published The Spirit of the Laws, 2 vols., 1748
-Charle-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu
-Born 1689, died 1755
-Educated at the Oration College de Juilly and University of Bordeaux
-Married Jeanne Lartigue, had three children
-Became President a Mortier in the Parlement of Bordeaux
-Published Persian Letters in 1721, became a literary star
-Travelled in Europe
-Published Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans, 1734
-Published The Spirit of the Laws, 2 vols., 1748
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