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All Collections > The Complete Works of Montesquieu. Electronic Edition. > Volume I. > body > book xvii.: how the laws of political servitude have a relation to the nature of the climate. > chap. I.: of political servitude.
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The Complete Works of Montesquieu. Electronic Edition.
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Volume I.
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BOOK XVII.: HOW THE LAWS OF POLITICAL SERVITUDE HAVE A RELATION TO THE NATURE OF THE CLIMATE.
CHAP. I.: Of political Servitude.

CHAP. I.: Of political Servitude.

POLITICAL servitude does not less depend on the nature of the climate than on that which is civil and domestic; and this we shall now demonstrate.