RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA
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John Locke
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Rosseau
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Montesquieu
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Thomas Hobbes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Montesquieu’s greatest work, De l’esprit des lois (The Spirit of Laws), was published in 1748. It is a comparative study of three types of government: republic, monarchy, and despotism. Montesquieu held that governmental powers should be separated and balanced to guarantee individual rights and freedom.
Detailed explanation-2: -The term “trias politica” or “separation of powers” was coined by Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, an 18th century French social and political philosopher.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first modern formulation of the doctrine was that of the French political philosopher Montesquieu in De l’esprit des lois (1748; The Spirit of Laws), although the English philosopher John Locke had earlier argued that legislative power should be divided between king and Parliament.
Detailed explanation-4: -Montesquieu encouraged ideas of democracy and republic. He also suggested that power in the government be divided between a separate legislature, executive, and judiciary.