Pufendorf

[ poo-fuhn-dawrf, -dohrf ]

noun

1. Sa·mu·el von [zah, -moo-, uh, l f, uh, n], Severinus de Monzambano, 1632–94, German jurist and historian.

Pufendorf

/ ˈpuːfəndɔrf /

noun

1. PufendorfSamuel von16321694MGermanLAW: juristPHILOSOPHY: philosopher 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

Example Sentences

Pufendorf said that slavery was originally established by contract.

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His name is already inscribed on the same tablet with those of Grotius, Pufendorf, and Vattel.

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Hobbes already and Pufendorf had answered the question in the negative.

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I believe that it was Pufendorf who said that slavery was originally founded on contract.

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Pufendorf had taken the ground that slavery was, in part, founded on contract.

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