One thinker from this country used the analogy of rotting apples to reject beliefs.
One thinker from this country used the analogy of rotting apples to reject beliefs. Another man from this nation wrote a work in which Usbek and Rica observe bizarre Western traditions; that work is (*) Persian Letters. That man also posited the separation of powers in government in his The Spirit of the Laws. One thinker from this country developed the theory of mind-body dualism in his Meditations and famously asserted "I think, therefore I am." For 10 points, name this modern-day country, the birthplace of Baron de Montesquieu and René Descartes.
One thinker from this country used the analogy of rotting apples to reject beliefs.
France [accept French Republic]