BOOK XVII.
How the Laws of political Servitude have a Relation to the Nature of the Climate.
CHAP. I.
Of political Servitude.
Book XVII.
Chap. 1, & 2.POLITICAL servitude does not less depend on the nature of the climate, than that which is civil and domestic, and this we are going to make appear.
CHAP. II.
The Difference between Nations in point of Courage.
WE have already observed that great heat enervates the strength and courage of men, and that in cold climates they have a certain vigor of body and mind which renders them capable of long, painful, great, and intrepid actions. This remark holds true not only between one nation and another; but even in the different parts of the same country. In the north of China[1], people are more couragious than those in the south; and those in the south of Corea[2], have less bravery than those in the north.
We ought not then to be astonished that the effeminacy of the people in hot climates, has almost always rendered them slaves; and that the bravery
