What view was not part of montesquieu’s conception of the separation of powers in the spirit of the laws (1748)?

There are no choices but the separation of power was essential to ensure that government was fair and balanced.  Each branch of government had a function that would allow it to check the other branches if it became too intrusive or it step out of bounds of its function.

a. the moon was locked into orbit by the earths gravity as it was passing by and capture hypothesis i think