Montesquieu,
Charles de Secondat,
Baron de Montesquieu
(1689 1755),
An influential French enlightenment political thinker,His Spirit of
the Laws is his best known work,It is in this work that he
explains his theory of separation of powers and checks and
balances,ideas which powerfully influenced the American
constitution.
His views on politics and religion,
?declaring in favor of separating the executive,
legislative and judicial power
? toleration in religious belief,and freedom of
worship
? religious belief has its advantages for civic
life,far from a conflict between religion and
society,he insists the one is useful to the other
“something” he says,“must be fixed and
permanent,and religion is that something.”
the interests of religion and that of the state
“”should go hand in hand.