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Montesquieu's book, written in 1748, was discussed as being the first proposal of the separation of powers, challenging the idea of a monarchy where only the monarch's word was law.
Like Monesquieu, for example, wrote in 1748, The Spirit of the Laws.
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Episode: SYSK Selects: How The Enlightenment Works
Montesquieu's book, written in 1748, was discussed as being the first proposal of the separation of powers, challenging the idea of a monarchy where only the monarch's word was law.
Like Monesquieu, for example, wrote in 1748, The Spirit of the Laws.
And he basically proposed the idea of a separation of powers.
He was like the first guy to do that.
He's this French lawyer who was in the salon scene.
And all of a sudden it's like separation of power. What are you talking about? No, you've got a monarch and what the monarch says is right.