Pufendorf

American

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

noun

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

Pufendorf British

/ ˈpuːfəndɔrf /

noun

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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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 Huggard, E.M.

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

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

Pufendorf said that slavery was originally established by contract.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green

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 Ingersoll, Robert Green

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)

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