Montesquieu ; Grandeur and Declension of the Roman Empire

Considerations on the Cause of the Grandeur and Declension of the Roman Empire; Persian Letters, and Cetera By Charles Louis de Secondat Baron de Montesquieu; London, Vernor and Hood, 1800 Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu; 18 January 1689 - February 1755, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French social commentator and political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment. He is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers. He achieved literary success with the publication of his Lettres persanes (Persian Letters, 1721), a satire based on the imaginary correspondence of a Persian visitor to Paris, pointing out the absurdities of contemporary society. He next published Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur dé cadence (Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans, 1734), considered by some scholars a transition from The Persian Letters to his master work.