Pufendorfian

English Etymology de Pufendorf en ian Adjective en philosophy Of, relating to, or influenced by the 17th-century jurisprudent and philosopher Samuel von Pufendorf. en 1983 w:Stephen B. Baxter England’s Rise to Greatness, 1660–1763 0520045726 240 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bNlB-Jb2WMIC&pg=PA240 it would, in the Pufendorfian sense, ensure the maximum happiness for the subjects of both states. en 1994 Michael Zuckert Michael P. Zuckert Natural Rights and the New Republicanism 069103463X 204 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SwMMdKHBkaUC&pg=PA204 By disposing finally of the immanent natural law, Locke completes his preparation of the ground for his introduction of his more Pufendorfian transcendent natural law. en 2010 w:Stephen Gaukroger The Collapse of Mechanism and the Rise of Sensibility: Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1680–1760 9780199594931 45 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EgFREAAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 For those opposed to the Hobbesian or Pufendorfian solutions, some kind of moral foundation for law was needed, one that transcended religious sectarianism but at the same time reflected Christian values, whatever its source. Noun en philosophy A follower of the theories of Samuel von Pufendorf. en eponyms