The whole duty of man according to the law of nature / / Samuel Pufendorf ; translated by Andrew Tooke, 1691 ; edited and with an introduction by Ian Hunter and David Saunders. Two discourses and a commentary / by Jean Barbeyrac ; translated by David Saunders

• Autore: Pufendorf Samuel, Freiherr von, <1632-1694.>
• Pubblicazione: Indianapolis, Ind., : Liberty Fund, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Disciplina: 340/.112
• Soggetto topico: Natural law; Ethics; State, The
• Altri autori: HunterIan <1949-> SaundersDavid <1940-> BarbeyracJean <1674-1744.>
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Samuel Pufendorf, The Whole Duty of Man -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents -- Introduction, p. ix -- Pufendorf's Whole Duty of Man -- To the Reader, p. 7 -- Table of Contents, p. 11 -- The Author's Preface, p. 15 -- Book I -- Chap. 1. Of the Rule of Human Actions, or of Laws in general, p. 27 -- Chap. 2. Of the Rule of Human Actions, or of Laws in general, p. 42 -- Chap. 3. Of the Laws of Nature, p. 52 -- Chap. 4. Of the Duty of Man towards God, or concerning Natural Religion, p. 60 -- Chap. 5. Of the Duty of a Man towards Himself, p. 69 -- Chap. 6. Of the Duty of one Man to another, and first of doing no Injury to any Man, p. 94 -- Chap. 7. The Natural Equality of Men to be acknowledged, p. 100 -- Chap. 8. Of the mutual Duties of Humanity, p. 104 -- Chap. 9. The Duty of Men in making Contracts, p. 108 -- Chap. 10. The Duty of Men in Discourse, p. 119 -- Chap. 11. The Duty of those that take an Oath, p. 123 -- Chap. 12. Duties to be observ'd in acquiring Possession of Things, p. 128 -- Chap. 13. The Duties which naturally result from Man's Property in Things, p. 137 -- Chap. 14. Of the Price and Value of Things, p. 140 -- Chap. 15. Of those Contracts in which the Value of Things is presupposed, and of the Duties thence arising, p. 145 -- Chap. 16. The several methods by which the Oblications arising from Contracts are dissolved, p. 156 -- Chap. 17. Of Meaning or Interpretation, p. 159 -- Book II -- Chap. 1. Of the natural State of Men, p. 166 -- Chap. 2. Of the Duties of the married State, p. 174 -- Chap. 3. Duty of Parents and Children, p. 179 -- Chap. 4. The Duties of Masters and Servants, p. 184 -- Chap. 5. The Impulsive Cause of Constituting Communities, p. 187 -- Chap. 6. Of the Internal Frame and Constitution of any State or Government, p. 192. ; Chap. 7. Of the several Parts of Government, p. 198 -- Chap. 8. Of the several Forms of Government, p. 203 -- Chap. 9. The Qualifications of Civil Government, p. 208 -- Chap. 10. How Government, especially Monarchical, is acquired, p. 210 -- Chap. 11. The Duty of supreme Governeours, p. 214 -- Chap. 12. Of the special Laws of a Community, p. 221 -- Chap. 13. Of the Power of Life and Death, p. 225 -- Chap. 14. Of Reputation, p. 232 -- Chap. 15. Of the Power of Gov ernours over the Goods of their Subjects, p. 236 -- Chap. 16. Of War and Peace, p. 238 -- Chap. 17. Of Alliances, p. 245 -- Chap. 18. The Duty of Subjects, p. 247 -- Index, p. 251 -- The Judgment of an Anonymous Writer on the Original of this Abridgment, p. 267 -- Discourse on What is Permitted by the Laws, p. 307 -- Discourse on the Benefits Conferred by the Laws, p. 331 -- Index, p. 361.
• Sommario/riassunto: Samuel Pufendorf's seminal work, "The Whole Duty of Man, According to the Law of Nature" (first published in Latin in 1673), was among the first to suggest a purely conventional basis for natural law. Rejecting scholasticism's metaphysical theories, Pufendorf found the source of natural law in humanity's need to cultivate sociability. At the same time, he distanced himself from Hobbes's deduction of such needs from self-interest. The result was a sophisticated theory of the conventional character of man's social persona and of all political institutions.Pufendorf wrote this work to make his insights accessible to a wide range of readers, especially university students. As ministers, teachers, and public servants, they would have to struggle with issues of sovereignty and of the relationship between church and state that dominated the new state system of Europe in the aftermath of the Peace of Westphalia (1648)."The Whole Duty" was first translated into English in 1691. The fourth edition was significantly revised--by anonymous editors--to include a great deal of the very important editorial material from Jean Barbeyrac's French editions. This was reproduced in the fifth edition from 1735 that is republished here. The English translation provides a fascinating insight into the transplantation of Pufendorf's political theory from a German absolutist milieu to an English parliamentarian one.Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694) was one of the most important figures in early-modern political thought. An exact contemporary of Locke and Spinoza, he transformed the natural law theories of Grotius and Hobbes, developed striking ideas of toleration and of the relationship between church and state, and wrote extensive political histories and analyses of the constitution of the German empire.Jean Barbeyrac (1674-1744) was a Huguenot refugee who taught natural law successively in Berlin, Lausanne, and Amsterdam, and edited and translated into French the major natural law works of Grotius, Pufendorf, and Cumberland.Andrew Tooke (1673-1732) was headmaster of Chaterhouse School and professor of geometry at Gresham College, London.Ian Hunter is Australian Professorial Fellow in the Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland.David Saunders is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Arts at Griffith University.Knud Haakonssen is Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Sussex, England.
• Titolo autorizzato: The whole duty of man according to the law of nature
• ISBN: 1-61487-851-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964435403321
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