Baron de Montesquieu uses a fruit tree to explain despotic rule, saying cutting the tree for fruit shows how tyrants act. He describes political liberty as a calm feeling that comes from feeling safe, and warns that when virtue disappears, ambition and greed take over. He also notes that true writers and truth‑seekers are rare.
Rate this collection:★★★★★
No ratings yet
Charles Louis de Secondat, known as Montesquieu, was a French judge, intellectual, historian and political philosopher.
Quick Facts About Baron de Montesquieu
Notable works
The Spirit of the Laws - Two Volumes in One (The Hafner Library of Classics Number Nine)
![“[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread... and a thousand other things of the same kind.” quote by Baron de Montesquieu](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d26/baron-de-montesquieu-3012_believe_the-pope-will-make-the-king-believe-that_1445683.png)
![“The political liberty, of the subject, (separation of powers), is a tranquility of mind arising from the opinion each person has of [their] safety. In order to have this liberty. It is requisite the government be so constituted as one [person] need not to be afraid of another." Baron de…” quote by Baron de Montesquieu](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e2d/baron-de-montesquieu-3012_freedom_the-political-liberty-of-the-subject-sep_1015589.jpg)
