{"product_id":"institutes-of-divine-jurisprudence-with-selections-from-foundations-of-the-law-of-nature-and-nations-9780865975194","title":"Institutes of Divine Jurisprudence, with Selections from Foundations of the Law of Nature and Nations","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristian Thomasius's natural jurisprudence is essential to understanding the origins of the Enlightenment in Germany, where his importance was comparable to that of John Locke's in England.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1688, Thomasius's \u003cem\u003eInstitutiones jurisprudentiae divinae\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eInstitutes of Divine Jurisprudence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e) attempted to draw a clear distinction between natural and revealed law and to emphasize that human reason was able to know the precepts of natural law without the aid of Scripture. Thomasius also argued that his orthodox Lutheran opponents had failed to understand this distinction and thereby had confused reason and Scripture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume also contains significant selections from his \u003cem\u003eFundamenta juris naturae et gentium\u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eFoundations of the Law of Nature and Nations\u003c\/em\u003e), published in 1705. In \u003cem\u003eFoundations\u003c\/em\u003e Thomasius significantly revised the theory he had put forward in the \u003cem\u003eInstitutes\u003c\/em\u003e, and much of the \u003cem\u003eFoundations\u003c\/em\u003e therefore is a paragraph-by-paragraph commentary on his earlier ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Thomasius\u003c\/strong\u003e (1655-1728) was a German philosopher and legal theorist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Ahnert\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Edinburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Thomasius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865975194","brand":"Liberty Fund","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43349329346697,"sku":"9780865975194","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_e1fca7e9-5ca7-4146-b991-1ad53c62adf6.jpg?v=1739260646","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/institutes-of-divine-jurisprudence-with-selections-from-foundations-of-the-law-of-nature-and-nations-9780865975194","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}