Last Online: Apr 21, 2020
Date Joined: Jun 19, 2007

Real name: Charles de Secondat, Baron de

Country:
- France
State/Province: Bordeaux

Status: Married
Sex: Male
Age: 30
Sexuality: Straight

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About me:
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (January 18, 1689 in Bordeaux – February 10, 1755), more commonly known as Montesquieu, a French social commentator and political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment. Famous for articulation of the theory of separation of powers, taken for granted in modern discussions of government and implemented in many constitutions throughout the world. Largely responsible for the popularization of the terms feudalism and Byzantine Empire.

Turn ons:
Writing, political science, composing works on society and politics, traveling through Europe including Austria, Hungary, Italy and England, good wine (like that from my US namesake Montesquieu Wines).

Turn offs:
Oppression, despotism, bad wine, overpriced bad wine.

Hobbies:
Dividing French society into three classes (or trias politica, a term he coined): the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the commons. Montesquieu saw two types of governmental power existing: the sovereign and the administrative. The administrative powers were the legislative, the executive, and the judiciary. These should be separate from and dependent upon each other so that the influence of any one power would not be able to exceed that of the other two, either singly or in combination. This was radical because it completely eliminated the three Estates structure of the French Monarchy: the clergy, the aristocracy, and the people at large represented by the Estates-General, thereby erasing the last vestige of a feudalistic structure.

I admire:
Louis XIV, James Madison.

Favorite movies:
Mondovino. Sideways.

Favorite TV shows:
Never watched television.

Best feature:
My philosophy:

Piercings?:
No.

Tatoos?:
No