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and his significant influence on French political and philosophical thought.

History

Political thought was relatively scarce in the French Enlightenment era prior to the publication of Montesquieu's "The Spirit of Law" in 1748. The publication of "The Spirit of Law" is often thought of as a turning point in politics as it shifted the political focus towards the separation of religion and state. Montesquieu's

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