https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm en-us 2016-08-18 17:39:24 UTC 2025-10-22 22:25:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png kelsey_poole https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118803184 Kelsey Poole]]> 2016-08-18 17:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118803184 kelsey_poole https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118803841 2016-08-18 17:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118803841 kelsey_poole https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118804293 2016-08-18 17:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118804293 kelsey_poole https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118951297 He was mainly interested with Political Philosophy and is responsible for the ideas of the Separation of state powers:executive, legislative, Judicial; and the classification of systems of government based on their principles. ]]> 2016-08-19 16:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118951297 kelsey_poole https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118953214 Montesquieu believed that all things were made up of rules or laws that never changed. He set out to study these laws scientifically with the hope that knowledge of the laws of government would reduce the problems of society and improve human life. According to Montesquieu, there were three types of government: a monarchy (ruled by a king or queen), a republic (ruled by an elected leader), and a despotism (ruled by a dictator). Montesquieu believed that a government that was elected by the people was the best form of government.]]> 2016-08-19 16:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118953214 kelsey_poole https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118954116       Despite Montesquieu's belief in the principles of a democracy, he did not feel that all people were equal. Montesquieu approved of slavery. He also thought that women were weaker than men and that they had to obey the commands of their husband. However, he also felt that women did have the ability to govern.]]> 2016-08-19 16:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118954116 kelsey_poole https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118954375 "It is against reason and against nature for women to be mistresses in the house... but not for them to govern an empire. In the first case, their weak state does not permit them to be preeminent; in the second, their very weakness gives them more gentleness and moderation, which, rather than the harsh and ferocious virtues, can make for a good environment." ]]> 2016-08-19 16:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118954375 kelsey_poole https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118954546 http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/montesquieu/montesquieu-bio.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montesquieu

http://www.brainyquote.com/search_results.html?q=baron+de+montesquieu]]> 2016-08-19 16:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118954546 kelsey_poole https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118955134 Montesquieu was also highly regarded in the British colonies in North America as a champion of liberty (though not of American independence).Political scientist Donald Lutz found that Montesquieu was the most frequently quoted authority on government and politics in colonial pre-revolutionary British America, cited more by the American founders than any source except for the Bible.]]> 2016-08-19 17:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118955134 kelsey_poole https://padlet.com/kelsey_poole/p16on78u6zgm/wish/118955540 The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

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