The Enlightenment began to question the traditions of society. It was a new logical way of looking at the world, people, and things that happened. It focused on cause and effect. The philosophes of the time shared the Enlightenment’s faith in the supremacy of human reason, believing that people, through the use of their reason could find answers to their questions and solutions to their problems. The philosophes helped the world to imagine what freedom looked like. A philosopher by the name of Montesquieu, “argued for a separation of powers, with political power divided among different classes and legal estates holding unequal rights and privileges” (McKay, 563). His idea on the separation of powers influenced the constitution of France in
The Enlightenment began to question the traditions of society. It was a new logical way of looking at the world, people, and things that happened. It focused on cause and effect. The philosophes of the time shared the Enlightenment’s faith in the supremacy of human reason, believing that people, through the use of their reason could find answers to their questions and solutions to their problems. The philosophes helped the world to imagine what freedom looked like. A philosopher by the name of Montesquieu, “argued for a separation of powers, with political power divided among different classes and legal estates holding unequal rights and privileges” (McKay, 563). His idea on the separation of powers influenced the constitution of France in