How are the ideas of Locke Montesquieu and Rousseau similar and different?

Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau were all Enlightenment thinkers who challenged absolute power and advocated for individual rights. They differed in their beliefs about the role of government: Locke believed in limited government to protect individual rights, Montesquieu advocated for a system of checks and balances to prevent tyranny, and Rousseau promoted a more direct form of democracy with popular sovereignty.