This writer satirized dueling as the only way for aristocrats to settle disputes arising from what he called a "point of honor.
This writer satirized dueling as the only way for aristocrats to settle disputes arising from what he called a "point of honor." This author created a fictional group of barbaric people who eventually manage to develop an enlightened monarchy in his "Fable of the Troglodytes". He also attributed the prevalence of slavery to hotter climates, while claiming that republics come from barren soil. This author wrote of the fictional correspondence between Usbek and Rica in his Persian Letters. Another of this man's works proposed that governments should conform to the culture of the people and advocated the separation of powers. For 10 points, name this French author of The Spirit of the Laws.
This writer satirized dueling as the only way for aristocrats to settle disputes arising from what he called a "point of honor.
Baron de Montesquieu [or Charles-Louis de Secondat]