“ For nature, although she has fixed different degrees of strength and weakness among men, has often by means of despair made the weak equal to the strong. ”
Montesquieu, Persian Letters (1721). copy citation
| Author | Montesquieu |
|---|---|
| Source | Persian Letters |
| Topic | weakness strength |
| Date | 1721 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by John Davidson |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Persian_Letters |
Context
“They are quite legitimate, when the conditions are such that both nations can preserve themselves; without that, the nation which would perish, deprived of its natural defence by peace, may seek safety in war.
For nature, although she has fixed different degrees of strength and weakness among men, has often by means of despair made the weak equal to the strong.
This, my dear Rhedi, is what I call international law, the law of peoples, or rather, the law of right.
Paris, the 4th of the moon of Zilhage, 1716.
Letter 97 The Chief Eunuch to Usbek, at Paris
A GREAT number of yellow women from the kingdom of Visapour have arrived here.”
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