The Political Writings of Samuel Pufendorf
, by Pufendorf, Samuel; Carr, Craig L.; Seidler, Michael J.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780195065602 | 0195065603
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 3/3/1994
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.