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Arundel (Paperback)
Richard Cumberland
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R531
Discovery Miles 5 310
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Henry (Paperback)
Richard Cumberland
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R532
Discovery Miles 5 320
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"A Treatise of the Laws of Nature", originally titled "De Legibus
Naturae", first appeared in 1672 as a theoretical response to a
range of issues that came together during the late 1660s. It
conveyed a conviction that science might offer an effective means
of demonstrating both the contents and the obligatory force of the
law of nature. At a time when Hobbess work appeared to suggest that
the application of science undermined rather than supported the
idea of obligatory natural law, Cumberlands "De Legibus Naturae"
provided a scientific explanation of the natural necessity of
altruism. Through his argument for a moral obligation to natural
law, Cumberland made a critical intervention in the early debate
over the role of natural jurisprudence at a moment when the natural
law project was widely suspected of heterodoxy and incoherence.
This is the first modern edition of "A Treatise of the Laws of
Nature", based on John Maxwells English translation of 1727. The
edition includes Maxwells extensive notes and appendixes. It also
provides, for the first time in English, manuscript additions by
Cumberland and material from Barbeyracs 1744 French edition and
John Towerss edition of 1750.
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The Jew. A Comedy
Richard Cumberland
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R808
Discovery Miles 8 080
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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"A Treatise of the Laws of Nature, " originally titled "De Legibus
Naturae, " first appeared in 1672 as a theoretical response to a
range of issues that came together during the late 1660s. It
conveyed a conviction that science might offer an effective means
of demonstrating both the contents and the obligatory force of the
law of nature. At a time when Hobbes's work appeared to suggest
that the application of science undermined rather than supported
the idea of obligatory natural law, Cumberland's "De Legibus
Naturae" provided a scientific explanation of the natural necessity
of altruism.
Through his argument for a moral obligation to natural law,
Cumberland made a critical intervention in the early debate over
the role of natural jurisprudence at a moment when the natural law
project was widely suspected of heterodoxy and incoherence.
Liberty Fund publishes the first modern edition of "A Treatise of
the Laws of Nature"," " based on John Maxwell's English translation
of 1727. The edition includes Maxwell's extensive notes and
appendixes. It also provides, for the first time in English,
manuscript additions by Cumberland and material from Barbeyrac's
1744 French edition and John Towers's edition of 1750.
Richard Cumberland (1632-1718) was bishop of Peterborough.
Jon Parkin is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of York,
United Kingdom.
Knud Haakonssen is Professor of Intellectual History and Director
of the Centre for Intellectual History at the University of Sussex,
England.
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The Jew. A Comedy
Richard Cumberland
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R430
Discovery Miles 4 300
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