Pufendorf

American  

[poo-fuhn-dawrf, -dohrf] / ˈpu fənˌdɔrf, -ˌdoʊrf /

noun

1. Samuel von Severinus de Monzambano, 1632–94, German jurist and historian.

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Pufendorf British  

/ ˈpuːfəndɔrf /

noun

1. Samuel von (ˈzamuəl fon). 1632–94, German jurist and philosopher, who lived in Sweden and Denmark. His De Jure naturae et gentium (1672) was an important contribution to the philosophy of natural and international law

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Pufendorf

A writer as recent as Pufendorf explains slavery as arising from a free contract; faciam, ut des.

From Principles Of Political Economy by John J. (John Joseph) Lalor

Mr. Hobbes is mistaken also in that, as well as Herr Pufendorf, who followed him.

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard

To which Voltaire replied:—"If my lord Pufendorf will produce the original contract signed by the party who was to be the slave, I will admit the truth of his statement."

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll

He himself has expressed his sense of Hooker's greatness, and he elsewhere had recommended the works of Grotius and Pufendorf as an essential element in education.

From Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham by Harold Joseph Laski

Law of Nature and Nations, by Pufendorf, 508.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson

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