One thinker from this country developed the theory of mind-body dualism in his Meditations and famously asserted "I think, therefore I am."
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]