Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf (8 January 1632 – 26 October 1694) was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian. He was born Samuel...

natural rights included Hugo de Groot (1625), Thomas Hobbes (1651), Samuel von Pufendorf (1673), John Locke (1689), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1762) and Immanuel...

century to the writings of Henry de Bracton in the 13th century and Samuel von Pufendorf in the 17th century—into a coherent principle on how property can...

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Swedish Pomerania and studied at Lund University under philosopher Samuel von Pufendorf. He entered Swedish war service in 1673 and participated with distinction...

Bossuet (1627 – 1704). Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677). Rationalism. Samuel von Pufendorf (1632–1694). Social contract theorist. John Locke (1632–1704). Major...

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that executeth the Law is in it, and not above it". In Germany, Samuel von Pufendorf recapitulated Hobbes's explanation of the origin of the state as...

Johannes Widekindi was appointed in 1665, later accompanied by Samuel von Pufendorf. Several of the early historiographers royal were foreigners, but...

defined as not being a nation state. The 17th-century historian Samuel von Pufendorf famously described the empire as having an "unusual form of government"...