The Conservative French Philosopher Joseph De Maistre

The conservative French philosopher Joseph de Maistre

A) rejected the revolutionary idea of "natural rights" in favor of the God-given rights of the kings.
B) believed that kings fulfilled the idea of "natural rights," as their powers were derived naturally from their ancestors.
C) believed that kings should rule and the Church should look after people's spiritual needs,but there should be separation of church and state.
D) believed that the Bourbons had abdicated their rights and their cousins,the Orleans,should rule.
E) believed that a constitutional monarchy,a conservative compromise between the old and the new,was the ideal political system.