Overview: Discusses Samuel Pufendorf‘s contributions to the emergence of economics as a social science.Examines Pufendorf’s influence on other authors of the Enlightenment, such as Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau,This book discusses Samuel Pufendorf and his contributions to the development of the European Enlightenment and the emergence of economics as a social science. Born in 1632 in Saxony, Pufendorf wrote widely on natural law, ethics, jurisprudence, and political economy and was one of the most important figures in early-modern political thought. Although his work fits within the intellectua
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