Pufendorf, Samuel Freiherr von 1632-1694

The whole duty of man according to the law of nature by Samuel Pufendorf ( Book )
249 editions published between 1673 and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 951 libraries worldwide
"In The Whole Duty of Man (1691), first published in Latin in 1673 as De officio hominis et civis, Pufendorf elaborates his conception of ethics, which separates civil duties from religious hopes. Unlike many Christian political theologians of the seventeenth century, Pufendorf refused to ground his natural law ethics in the ideal of human perfection or holiness; rather, he grounded them in the need for sociability, which he regarded as simply a means to an end - that is, human self-preservation and civil peace. Like Grotius and Hobbes, Pufendorf was responding to the religious wars that wracked early modern Europe by constructing a version of natural law capable of defending the civil state against the religious and moral delegitimation wielded by international Catholicism and Protestant zealots."--BOOK JACKET.

Of the law of nature and nations eight books by Samuel Pufendorf ( Book )
266 editions published between 1672 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 616 libraries worldwide

Elementorum jurisprudentiae universalis libri duo by Samuel Pufendorf ( Book )
27 editions published between 1660 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 614 libraries worldwide
This was Pufendorf's first work, published in 1660. Its appearance effectively inaugurated the modern natural-law movement in the German-speaking world. The work also established Pufendorf as a key figure and laid the foundations for his major works, which were to sweep across Europe and North America. Pufendorf rejected the concept of natural rights as liberties and the suggestion that political government is justified by its protection of such rights, arguing instead for a principled limit to the state's role in human life.

De jure naturae et gentium libri octo by Samuel Pufendorf ( Book )
68 editions published between 1672 and 1995 in 5 languages and held by 596 libraries worldwide

The political writings of Samuel Pufendorf by Samuel Pufendorf ( Book )
4 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 501 libraries worldwide
Samuel Pufendorf's significance has long been understood by students of natural law, who remember him as the architect and systematizer of the modern natural law tradition begun by Grotius. His reputation has grown as scholars have begun to explore his influence on the Enlightenment, classical liberalism, and modern jurisprudence.

De officio hominis et civis juxta legem naturalem libri duo by Samuel Pufendorf ( Book )
34 editions published between 1673 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 452 libraries worldwide

Of the nature and qualification of religion in reference to civil society by Samuel Pufendorf ( Book )
35 editions published between 1687 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 401 libraries worldwide

The present state of Germany by Samuel Pufendorf ( Book )
83 editions published between 1667 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 371 libraries worldwide

The divine feudal law, or, Covenants with mankind, represented by Samuel Pufendorf ( Book )
12 editions published between 1695 and 2004 in Latin and English and held by 302 libraries worldwide

An introduction to the history of the principal kingdoms and states of Europe by Samuel Pufendorf ( Book )
120 editions published between 1685 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 263 libraries worldwide