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If it is not permitted to kill oneself because one will be lost to one’s homeland, no more is it permitted to sell oneself.
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Montesquieu
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The Spirit of Law
(1748)
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Author
Montesquieu
Source
The Spirit of Law
Topic
killing
Date
1748
Language
English
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Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone
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"If it is not permitted to kill oneself because one will be lost to one’s homeland, no more is it permitted to sell oneself." Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748).
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