Book I
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Book I is the first volume of Samuel von Pufendorf’s natural law treatise "De officio hominis et civis," outlining foundational principles of human duties and civil obligations.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book I canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| addresses |
duties independent of positive law
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foundations of civil society ⓘ origin and nature of moral obligation ⓘ status of humans in the natural condition ⓘ |
| aim | to systematize duties of humans and citizens under natural law ⓘ |
| author | Samuel von Pufendorf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
basis of civil authority in natural law
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moral responsibility of individuals ⓘ obligations derived from natural law ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| field |
moral philosophy
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natural law ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic treatise
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legal philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on duties to oneself
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chapters on duties to others ⓘ chapters on duties to the state ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post‑Westphalian European legal order ⓘ |
| influenced |
Enlightenment legal thought
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early modern political theory ⓘ university teaching of natural law in the 17th and 18th centuries ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hugo Grotius
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Thomas Hobbes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
civil servants
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educated lay readers interested in natural law ⓘ students of law and philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | De officio hominis et civis, Liber I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | De officio hominis et civis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance | seeks a secular grounding of natural law ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | early modern natural law ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first volume ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Book II of De officio hominis et civis
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De jure naturae et gentium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
civil obligations
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human duties ⓘ moral duties of individuals ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ relationship between individuals and the state ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| usedAs | textbook in early modern universities ⓘ |
| workInSeries | outlines foundational principles for the whole treatise ⓘ |
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