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The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
Montesquieu
Montesquieu
Montesquieu
Born: Jan 18, 1689
Died: Feb 10, 1755

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Severity, Laws, Prevents, Execution

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Albert Camus, Blaise Pascal, Henri Bergson, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jean-Paul Sartre, Michel de Montaigne, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Simone Weil
Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
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