The fictitious correspondents Rica and Usbek and an allegory of the Troglodites appear in this work, Persian Letters.
This man wrote on the tales of Arsaces and Ismenia as well as Cephisa and Cupid following his work of translation entitled The Temple of Gnidus. He also penned A Dialogue Between Sylla and Eucrates and Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Declension of the Roman Empire, which often accompany his second most famous work. The fictitious correspondents Rica and Usbek and an allegory of the Troglodites appear in this work, Persian Letters. Born in Bordeaux in 1689 with the name Charles Louis de Secondat, for ten points, name this man who is said to have influenced the American system of checks and balances with his monumental tome The Spirit of Laws.
This man wrote on the tales of Arsaces and Ismenia as well as Cephisa and Cupid following his work of translation entitled The Temple of Gnidus.
Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de {Montesquieu}