Montesquieu’s novel Persian Letters contains a discussion between two fictional Persians, interested in the reasons of what they see as an ongoing depopulation of the earth. They blame Muslim and Christian institutions including slavery, seraglios, and divorce ban. The Author demonstrates that this discussion is a veiled condemnation of the French royal absolutism.
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