Natural Law Theories in the Early Enlightenment

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T. J. Hochstrasser (London School of Economics and Political Science) Quentin Skinner

Natural Law Theories in the Early Enlightenment

T. J. Hochstrasser (London School of Economics and Political Science), Quentin Skinner, Lorraine Daston , Dorothy Ross

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Cambridge University Press
02 November 2006

Philosophy; History of ideas; Systems of law

Series: Ideas in Context

This major addition to Ideas in Context examines the development of natural law theories in the early stages of the Enlightenment in Germany and France. T. J. Hochstrasser investigates the influence exercised by theories of natural law from Grotius to Kant, with a comparative analysis of the important intellectual innovations in ethics and political philosophy of the time. Hochstrasser includes the writings of Samuel Pufendorf and his followers who evolved a natural law theory based on human sociability and reason, fostering a new methodology in German philosophy. This book assesses the first histories of political thought since ancient times, giving insights into the nature and influence of debate within eighteenth-century natural jurisprudence. Ambitious in range and conceptually sophisticated, Natural Law Theories in the Early Enlightenment will be of great interest to scholars in history, political thought, law and philosophy.

By: T. J. Hochstrasser (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Series edited by: Quentin Skinner, Lorraine Daston, Dorothy Ross, James Tully
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 58
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 405g
ISBN: 9780521027878
ISBN 10: 052102787X
Series: Ideas in Context
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 02 November 2006
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; 1. Introduction: natural law and its history in the early Enlightenment; 2. Socialitas and the history of natural law: Pufendorf's defence of De Jure Naturae et Gentium; 3. Voluntarism and moral epistemology: a comparison of Leibniz and Pufendorf; 4. Christian Thomasius and the development of Pufendorf's natural jurisprudence; 5. Natural law theory and its historiography in the era of Christian Wolff; 6. Conclusion: the end of the 'history of morality' in Germany; Bibliography; Index.

Reviews for Natural Law Theories in the Early Enlightenment

'Hochstrasser's Natural Law in the Early Enlightenment, with its splendid chapter on 'Leibniz and Pufendorf', is especially to be welcomed - not least as a heartening sigh that Leibniz's practical philosophy is slowly coming to be viewed as canonical even in the Anglophone world.' Oxford Academic Journals ...the broad cultural and institutional context in which Hochstrasser places the major and minor intellectual figures brings a welcome sense of realism and sociopolitical engagement to ideas and texts that are all too frequently interpreted wholly out of context. Journal of Modern History The sheer range of this book and its ability to fold such a variety of intellectual developments into a coherent account are its chief recommendations... It is well written and carefully produced, and it will become an important toll in the field. Michael J. Seidler, American Political Science Review