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Name the French Enlightenment author of The Spirit of the Laws who defined tyranny as “the exercise of power beyond right.”

Name the French Enlightenment author of The Spirit of the Laws who defined tyranny as “the exercise of power beyond right.”
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Name the French Enlightenment author of The Spirit of the Laws who defined tyranny as “the exercise of power beyond right.”

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The Spirit of the Laws is a treatise on political theory, as well as a pioneering work in comparative law, published in 1748 by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu.
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i think its Montesquieu, but i could be wrong
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