Pufendorfian

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1. human sciencesOf, relating to, or influenced by the 17th-century jurisprudent and philosopher Samuel von Pufendorf.

   […] it would, in the Pufendorfian sense, ensure the maximum happiness for the subjects of both states.

   1983, Stephen B. Baxter, England’s Rise to Greatness, 1660–1763, →ISBN, page 240

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   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.

   1994, Michael P. Zuckert, Natural Rights and the New Republicanism, →ISBN, page 204

   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.

   2010, Stephen Gaukroger, The Collapse of Mechanism and the Rise of Sensibility: Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1680–1760, →ISBN, page 45

plural Pufendorfians

1. human sciencesA follower of the theories of Samuel von Pufendorf.