-Can you identify some of the ways in which Montesquieu offers a critique of Louis XIV in these letters?
-What are some of the aspects of the English political regime that appealed to Voltaire?
-What role does commerce play in Voltaire’s comparison of France and England?
(Letter 10: Point out his characterization of the mercantile character of English society vs. the feudal character of French society – Critique of French courtly society!)
