Book XIV, Chapter 2
On the difference of men in different climates - the famous account of bodily fibers and sensibility.
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From The Spirit of Laws by Montesquieu
Climate and physical geography shape national character, laws, and political possibilities: cold climates produce vigor and liberty, hot climates produce indolence and dispose people to servitude.
Book XVII, Chapter 3
Why Asia tends toward despotism and Europe toward liberty - geographical determinism.
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Argues good legislators counteract bad effects of climate.
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