Question

the federal government of the united states is divided into three separate branches , legislative , executive, and judicial. which enlightenment philosophers idea does this represent

Answer 1

Baron de Montesquieu :)

Answer 2

The separation of the government in three different branches represents the ideas of enlightenment philosophers like Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau, who advocated for the separation of the powers so to try and guarantee the basic liberties of the citizen against the danger of a government getting to be tyrannical.