Pufendorfian

English

Etymology

Pufendorf +‎ -ian

Adjective

Pufendorfian (comparative more Pufendorfian, superlative most Pufendorfian)

1. (philosophy) Of, relating to, or influenced by the 17th-century jurisprudent and philosopher Samuel von Pufendorf.
   • 1983, Stephen B. Baxter, England’s Rise to Greatness, 1660–1763, →ISBN, page 240:

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

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

     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.

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

     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

Pufendorfian (plural Pufendorfians)

1. (philosophy) A follower of the theories of Samuel von Pufendorf.