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A Methodical System of Universal Law: Or, the Laws of Nature and Nations; With Supplements and a Discourse by George Turnbull (Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics) - Hardcover
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The natural law theory of Johann Gottlieb Heineccius was one of the most influential to emerge from the early German Enlightenment. Heineccius continued and, in important respects, modified the ideas of his predecessors, Samuel Pufendorf and Christian Thomasius. He developed distinctive views on central questions such as the freedom of the human will and the natural foundation of moral obligation, which also sharply distinguished him from his contemporary Christian Wolff.
Heineccius’s work saw five Latin editions in thirty years as well as several French, Italian, and Spanish editions; and it had a long life in Latin America. The English edition presented by Liberty Fund is based on the translation by the Scottish moral philosopher George Turnbull (1698 1748). It includes Turnbull’s extensive comments on Heineccius’s text, as well as his substantial Discourse upon the Nature and Origin of Moral and Civil Laws. These elements make the work into one of the most extraordinary encounters between Protestant natural law theory and neo-republican civic humanism.
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (1681 1741) studied theology at Leipzig and later law at the newly founded (1694) University at Halle, where he became a pupil of Christian Thomasius.
Thomas Ahnert is a Lecturer in History, at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Peter Schröder is Senior Lecturer in the History Department at University College London.
Knud Haakonssen is Professor of Intellectual History and Director of the Centre for Intellectual History at the University of Sussex, England.
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Thomas Ahnert is a lecturer in early modern intellectual history at the University of Edinburgh.
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Dutch scholar Heineccius (1681-1741) drew on the established and thriving theories of modern natural law of his time, as part of his distinctive system of natural jurisprudence, set out most fully in this 1738 tome. Turnbull's translation of the Latin into English was printed in 1741 and 1763, making the treatise influential among scholars in England and Scotland. Ahnert (history, classics, and archeology; U. of Edinburgh) and Schröder (history, U. College, London) present the 1741 edition with an introduction, copious footnotes, and an index.
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- PublisherLiberty Fund
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0865974780
- ISBN 13 9780865974784
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages711
- EditorAhnert Thomas
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Methodical System of Universal Law. Or, the Laws of Nature & Nations -- with Supplements & a Discourse by George Turnbull - Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics.
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Condition: Gut. XIX, 687 Seiten / p. sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Early-modern natural law theories formed an integral part in the development of the Enlightenment, and that relationship is exemplified particularly well in the writings of Johann Gottlieb Heineccius ( 1681-1741 ) . A Methodical System of Universal Law, first published as Elementa Iuris Naturae, et Gentium, laid out Heineccius's distinctive system of natural jurisprudence, which gained widespread recognition after it appeared. The Scottish philosopher George Turnbull ( 1698-1748 ) , who translated Heineccius's work into English, termed it "so excellent a book upon a subject of such universal importance.' -- In his system of natural law Heineccius went beyond earlier theorists such as Pufen-dorf. He argued that the duties of natural law included not only duties of sociability toward other humans but also duties toward oneself and God. A central principle of natural law, according to Heineccius, was love. It was not enough for humans to know what was morally good: they also had to love and desire it. -- George Turnbull accompanied his translation of Heineccius ( 1741 ) with extensive comments and an additional Discourse, in which he attempted a synthesis of natural jurisprudence, belief in the influence of divine providence on human affairs, and James Harrington's neo-republican ideas on government. In doing so, Turnbull adapted Heineccius's natural law theory to an Anglo-Scottish political and cultural context. -- This Liberty Fund edition is based on the 1741 London edition, which was a translation of the first edition, published in Latin in 1738. The editors clarify the original references by Heineccius and Turnbull and identify quotations and paraphrases. A bibliography provides publication details for works cited in the notes. ISBN 9780865974784 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1080 15,9 x 3,8 x 23,5 cm, Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag / with dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 1209492
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