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Men who believe in the certainty of rewards in the next life will escape the legislator; they will have too much scorn for death.
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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
death
certainty
Date
1748
Language
English
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Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone
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"Men who believe in the certainty of rewards in the next life will escape the legislator; they will have too much scorn for death." Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748).
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