French philosopher and jurist.An outstanding figure of the early French Enlightenment, he wrote the influential Parisian Letters(1721, a veiled attack on the monarchy and the ancien r?ime, and The Spirit of the Laws(1748, a discourse on government.

• 孟德斯鸠法国哲学家和法学家。他是早期法国启蒙运动的杰出人物。著有隐含攻击君主制和古代政体的有影响力的作品如波斯人信札（1721年）和谴责政府的论法的精神（1748年）