Question

Which of the following statements are incorrect?

• A. Rousseau authored the book, The Spirit of the Laws.
• B. Rousseau and John Locke wanted the monarch to have absolute power.
• C. Montesquieue had proposed the idea of a government with seperation of powers.
• D. Locke, in his book, the Two Treatises, had written against the belief that monarch had absolute rights.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

The correct options are
A Rousseau authored the book, The Spirit of the Laws.
B Rousseau and John Locke wanted the monarch to have absolute power.

Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, and Montesquieu were one of the most influential political philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. Rosseau, through his book, The Social Contract, states that the goverment should be based on a social contract between the people and their representatives. Rousseau and Locke wanted a society based on freedom, equal laws, and equal opportunities for all. They propelled political and ethical thinking into new channels and almost universalised the aspirations for liberty. Montesquieu tried the explain human laws and social institutions through his book, The Spirit of Laws. He propogated the seperation of powers through the legislative, executive, and judiciary.