The Political Writings of Samuel Pufendorf

by Pufendorf, Samuel; Carr, Craig L.; Seidler, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9780195065602
• ISBN10: 0195065603
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-03-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This work presents the basic arguments and fundamental themes of the political and moral thought of the seventeenth-century philosopher, Samuel Pufendorf--one of the most widely read natural lawyers of the pre-Kantian era. Selections from the texts of Pufendorf's two major works, Elements of Universal Jurisprudence and The Law of Nature and of Nations , have been brought together to make Pufendorf's moral and political thought more accessible. The selections included have received a new English translation, the first for both works in roughly sixty years. The editor, a political scientist, and the translator, a philosopher, have developed a volume that is comprehensive and representative of Pufendorf's thought without being repetitive, fragmented, or obscure.