Read the passage. "When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty.” –The Spirit of Laws, Baron de Montesquieu, 1748 Which Enlightenment idea does the passage help to explain? the social contract natural rights the separation of powers the separation of church and state

C) the separation of powers

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