What book did Montesquieu write?

Answer 1

• Les causes de l'écho (The Causes of an Echo)
• Les glandes rénales (The Renal Glands)
• La cause de la pesanteur des corps (The Cause of Gravity of Bodies)
• La damnation éternelle des païens (The Eternal Damnation of the Pagans, 1711)
• Système des Idées (System of Ideas, 1716)
• Lettres persanes (Persian Letters, 1721)
• Le Temple de Gnide (The Temple of Gnide, a novel; 1724)
• Histoire véritable d'Arsace et Isménie ((The True History of) Arsace and Isménie, a novel; 1730)
• Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence (Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans, 1734)
• De l'esprit des lois ((On) The Spirit of the Laws, 1748)
• La défense de «L'Esprit des lois» (In Defence of "The Spirit of the Laws", 1750)
• Pensées suivies de Spicilège (Thoughts after Spicilège)
• Essai sur le goût (1757)
• Le flux et le reflux de la mer
• Mémoires sur la fièvre intermittente
• Mémoires sur l'écho
• Les maladies des glandes rénales
• La pesanteur des corps
• Le mouvement relatif
• Le Spicilège
• Pensées"

Answer 2

He wrote several books. His most important one was "The Spirit of the Laws", published in 1748. In it de Montesquieu described his theory of "separation of powers" as the best way to organize a government. He suggested the idea of dividing a government's power into three branches: the legislative, which makes the laws; the executive, which carries out and enforces the laws; and the judicial, which interprets the laws. The Constitution Convention of the United States adopted his idea when drafting the Constitution in 1787 to replace the ineffective Articles of Confederation, and this structure helped make the new government stronger. Many other governments around the world now use this idea for the basic organization of their government.

Answer 3

Spirit of Laws