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Denis Diderot

The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.

Denis Diderot

Marriage

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Diderot suggests that knowing divorce is an option makes married people more careful about fulfilling their responsibilities to one another. He also argues that divorces can lead to better behavior and ultimately result in more people being born.

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