Pufendorf
Americannoun
noun
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In fundamental principles he follows almost entirely Locke and Pufendorf; but he works out with great skill the theory of moral obligation, referring it to the command or will of God.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
Pufendorf believed that they would approach each other as friends; Hobbes, on the contrary, as enemies; Rousseau, that they would pass each other by In silence.
From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; On Human Nature by Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)
A writer as recent as Pufendorf explains slavery as arising from a free contract; faciam, ut des.
From Principles Of Political Economy by Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)
Law of Nature and Nations, by Pufendorf, 508.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
Pufendorf had taken the ground that slavery was, in part, founded on contract.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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