Montesquieu
separation
limited government
Perhaps abandoning the idea of the "divine rights of kings" was a good idea.
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Enlightenment thinker. It was his idea to divide the State into three powers: executive, judiciary and legislative.
The idea / theory called "Trias Politica" as developed by Enlightenment thinker Montesquieu.
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Montesquieu
The Enlightenment thinker who first proposed the idea of a social contract was Thomas Hobbes in his work "Leviathan". He argued that individuals willingly give up certain freedoms in exchange for protection and order from a sovereign authority.
John Locke
Montesquiey
One Enlightenment idea that is included in the constitution is basic liberties such as voting rights and Bill of Rights. Another one is the separation of powers such as the Montesquieu.
John Locke was an English philosopher and Enlightenment thinker who wrote about the government's job to protect the natural rights of life liberty and property.
John Locke
John Locke advocated for a limited monarchy, where the power of the monarch is restrained by a constitution or laws agreed upon by the people. He believed in the idea of a social contract between the ruler and the ruled, with power being subject to the consent of the governed.
The Enlightenment thinker who is most commonly associated with the idea of the social contract is Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In his work "The Social Contract" published in 1762, Rousseau explores the concept of a social contract as a means of creating a just society based on the general will of the people.