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The Present State of Germany - Hardcover

Samuel Pufendorf

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9780865974920: The Present State of Germany
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ISBN 10: 0865974926 ISBN 13: 9780865974920
Publisher: Liberty Fund, 2007

Synopsis

Samuel Pufendorf’s The Present State of Germany was first published in 1667 (under the pseudonym Severinus de Monzambano) and immediately became one of the most notorious works in Europe for the next half century. Its trenchant critique of previous theories of the Holy Roman Empire elicited both attacks and defenses, and it also anticipated many elements in Pufendorf’s subsequent writings on natural law, history, and religion.

Samuel Pufendorf (1632–1694) taught natural law and was court historian in both Germany and Sweden.

Michael J. Seidler is Professor of Philosophy at Western Kentucky University.

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Review

The Present State of Germany is a classic volume that sparked incendiary debate in its time due to its controversial and utterly unapologetic deconstruction of mainstream German constitutional law. This edition has been meticulously assembled by comparing its 1696 translation by Edmund Bohun with Pufendorf's 1667 Latin original and Gundling's 1706 edition. The original prefaces to the two Latin editions have been translated into English for the first time, and an introduction by editor Michael J. Seidler offers historical and philosophical setting and context. An index rounds out this informative and instructive volume which is very highly recommended for classic history text reference collections.

The Midwest Book Review
July 2007

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Publisher
Liberty Fund
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0865974926
ISBN 13 
9780865974920
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
272
Rating
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