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The laws of religion will avoid inspiring any scorn other than scorn for vice and especially will avoid moving men away from love and pity for men.
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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
religion
vice
Date
1748
Language
English
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Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone
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"The laws of religion will avoid inspiring any scorn other than scorn for vice and especially will avoid moving men away from love and pity for men." Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748).
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