Author:Montesquieu

From Wikisource

←Author Index: Mo

Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron of Montesquieu (1689–1755)

See biography, quotes. Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron of La Brède and Montesquieu, was a French political thinker and philosopher.

[edit] Works

• The Causes of an Echo (Les Causes de l’écho)
• The Renal Glands (Les Glandes rénales)
• The Cause of Gravity of Bodies (La Cause de la pesanteur des corps)
• The Eternal Damnation of the Pagans (La Damnation éternelle des païens, 1711)
• System of Ideas (Système des idées, 1716)
• Persian Letters (Lettres persanes, 1721, translation and introduction by John Davidson, 1899)
• The Temple of Gnide (Le Temple de Gnide, a novel; 1724)
• The True History of Arsace and Isménie (Arsace et Isménie, a novel; 1730)
• Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans (Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence, 1734)
• On the Spirit of the Laws (De l’esprit des lois, 1748, translation by Thomas Nugent and J. V. Prichard, 1750, Index)
• In Defence of “The Spirit of the Laws” (La Défense de « L’Esprit des lois », 1748)
• Thoughts after Spicilège (Pensées suivies de Spicilège)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.