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m CriticalResist moved page Charles Montesquieu to Charles de Montesquieu: His last name was De Montesqieu, although his full name was much more complicated, Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu. But De Montesqieu was the name he used most often |
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{{Infobox philosopher|name=Charles | {{Infobox philosopher|name=Charles Louis de Secondat|image_size=200|nationality=French|birth_date=18 January 1689|birth_place=La Brède, Aquitaine, [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)|France]]|death_date=10 February 1755|death_place=Paris, France|image=Montesquieu.png|school_tradition=Classical [[liberalism]]}} | ||
'''Charles Louis | '''Charles Louis de Secondat''' (18 January 1689 – 10 February 1755) was a liberal French philosopher. He defended [[slavery]] by claiming that people from warm climates are naturally susceptible to being enslaved. He believed slavery was useless in Europe but that it was natural in the [[Global South]] and should only be regulated and not abolished.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=Liberalism and Racial Slavery: A Unique Twin Birth|page=44–45|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf|quote=There are countries where the heat enervates the body and weakens the courage so much that men come to perform an arduous duty only from fear of chastisement: slavery there runs less counter to reason}}</ref> However, he fully opposed [[Feudalism|feudal]] serfdom.<ref name=":122">{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=Crisis of the English and American Models|page=132|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref> | ||
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Charles Louis de Secondat | |
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| Born | 18 January 1689 La Brède, Aquitaine, France |
| Died | 10 February 1755 Paris, France |
| School tradition | Classical liberalism |
| Nationality | French |
Charles Louis de Secondat (18 January 1689 – 10 February 1755) was a liberal French philosopher. He defended slavery by claiming that people from warm climates are naturally susceptible to being enslaved. He believed slavery was useless in Europe but that it was natural in the Global South and should only be regulated and not abolished.[1] However, he fully opposed feudal serfdom.[2]
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- ↑ “There are countries where the heat enervates the body and weakens the courage so much that men come to perform an arduous duty only from fear of chastisement: slavery there runs less counter to reason”
Domenico Losurdo (2011). Liberalism: A Counter-History: 'Liberalism and Racial Slavery: A Unique Twin Birth' (pp. 44–45). [PDF] Verso. ISBN 9781844676934 [LG] - ↑ Domenico Losurdo (2011). Liberalism: A Counter-History: 'Crisis of the English and American Models' (p. 132). [PDF] Verso. ISBN 9781844676934 [LG]