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Baron De Montesquieu is one of my favorite historical philosophers. Learning more about him over these past couple of days, has gotten me to know him well. He stood by his beliefs, and made very powerful points. He made a huge effect on people today, because of his laws we now use as our own. Sir Isaiah Berlin quotes “Montesquieu advocated constitutionalism, the preservation of civil liberties, the abolition of slavery, gradualism, moderation, peace, internationalism, social and economic justice with due respect to national and local tradition. He believed in justice and the rule of law; detested all forms of extremism and fanaticism; put his faith in the balance of power and the division of authority as a weapon against despotic rule by individuals or groups or majorities; and approved of social equality, but not the point which it threatened individual liberty; and out of liberty, but not to the point where it threatened to disrupt orderly government." Montesquieu was one of the greatest political thinkers of the Enlightenment Period.
Approximate Word count = 527
Approximate Pages = 2.1
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