https://padlet.com/whitepe/kmhehj8yyj8wqxzy His life and what he did birth to death en-us 2020-09-09 01:48:53 UTC 2025-12-13 21:26:37 UTC hello@padlet.com whitepe https://padlet.com/whitepe/kmhehj8yyj8wqxzy/wish/731571619 He was born on January 18,1689. He was born in Bordeux, France. He was first born in a rich family due to maternal connections to the barony. His soldier father had a noble lineage so therefor he was put in a poor family during his childhood. At the age of seven his mother died.]]> 2020-09-09 15:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/whitepe/kmhehj8yyj8wqxzy/wish/731571619 whitepe https://padlet.com/whitepe/kmhehj8yyj8wqxzy/wish/740210600 he was first taught at home then he was taught by the village. He was sent away to real school in 1700. The school he went to was Collège de Juilly which was close to Paris. It was much patronized by the prominent families of Bordeaux and the priests of Oratory to whom it belonged and provided a sound education on enlightened and modern lines. He left there in 1705 to continue his studies at the faculty of law at University of Bordeaux and became an advocate in 1708. Soon after he moved to Paris to obtain practical experience in law. ]]> 2020-09-11 19:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/whitepe/kmhehj8yyj8wqxzy/wish/740210600 whitepe https://padlet.com/whitepe/kmhehj8yyj8wqxzy/wish/750187396 At the age 27 he settled down to exercise his judicial function.In order to to administer his property and also to advance his knowledge of the sciences, which he studied in the new academy of Bordeaux. In 1721 he published his Persian Letters in which he gave a brilliant satirical portrait of French and particularly Parisian civilization, supposedly seen through the eyes of two Persian travelers.]]> 2020-09-16 01:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/whitepe/kmhehj8yyj8wqxzy/wish/750187396 whitepe https://padlet.com/whitepe/kmhehj8yyj8wqxzy/wish/750668725 He came up with the idea separation of powers. He thought it was important to create separate branches of government but still have equal power. So the government can not place too much power on one individual or one thing. In his most famous book "On the Sprit of Laws" published in 1978 he states how he think the government could best work.]]> 2020-09-16 06:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/whitepe/kmhehj8yyj8wqxzy/wish/750668725 whitepe https://padlet.com/whitepe/kmhehj8yyj8wqxzy/wish/750741725 He made up the three groups of officials which are very similar to our government today. We have the Kings who enforced the laws. The Parliament who made laws. The judges who interpreted the laws and all of there three branches are very similar to the branches of government that we have today.]]> 2020-09-16 07:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/whitepe/kmhehj8yyj8wqxzy/wish/750741725