He became a counselor of the Bordeaux parliament in 1714 and was its president two years later.
He became a counselor of the Bordeaux parliament in 1714 and was its president two years later. Elected to the French Academy in 1728, his second significant work was Thoughts on the Causes of the Greatness and the Downfall of the Romans, one of the first important works in the philosophy of history. One of his most famous works satirized French politics through two foreign travelers, known as Persian Letters, though he is probably more famous for a tract that compared republics, monarchies, and despotic governments. FTP, identify this philosopher and author of The Spirit of the Laws.
He became a counselor of the Bordeaux parliament in 1714 and was its president two years later.
Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brede et de {Montesquieu}