<history of philosophy> German political philosopher (1632-1694). In De jure naturae et gentium (On the Law of Nature and Nations) (1672) and De officio hominis et civis (On the Duty of Man and Citizen) (1673) Pufendorf defended a social contract with significant attention to the regulative force of natural law. Recommended Reading: Grotius, Pufendorf and Modern Natural Law, ed. by Knud Haakonssen (Dartmouth, 1999) and The Political Writings of Samuel Pufendorf, ed. by L. Carr Craig and Michael J. Seidler (Oxford, 1995).
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