HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -French political philosopher Montesquieu was best known for The Spirit of Laws (1748), one of the great works in the history of political theory and of jurisprudence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Montesquieu concluded that the best form of government was one in which the legislative, executive, and judicial powers were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful. He believed that uniting these powers, as in the monarchy of Louis XIV, would lead to despotism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Montesquieu was a French lawyer, man of letters, and one of the most influential political philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. The Spirit of the Laws is a treatise on political theory that was first published anonymously by Montesquieu in 1748.
Detailed explanation-4: -This theory of the separation of powers had an enormous impact on liberal political theory, and on the framers of the constitution of the United States of America.