George Turnbull's eighteenth-century translation of A Methodical System of Universal Law was his major effort to convey continental natural law to Britain, thus making Heineccius's natural jurisprudence more accessible to English-speaking audiences. Turnbull includes extensive comments on Heineccius's text and also presents his own philosophical work, A Discourse upon the Nature and Origin of Moral and Civil Laws. Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (1681-1741) studied theology at Leipzig and later law at the newly founded (1694) University of Halle, where he became a pupil of Christian Thomasius. Thomas Ahnert is a Lecturer in History at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Peter Schr der is Senior Lecturer in the History Department at University College, London. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.

Excerpt from A Methodical System of Universal Law, or the Laws of Nature and Nations Deduced From Certain Principles, and Applied to Proper Cases, Vol. 2: Written in Latin by the Celebrated Jo. Got. Heineccius, Counsellor of State to the King of Prussia, and Professor of Philosophy at Hall; Translated, and Illustrated With Notes and Supplements What is This moral flate, by which men are f0 greatly di meant by fiinguifhed, is either cogenial to them, or it depends n'eagfilt' upon fome deed Of ours. The hri'c is called natural 3 by an ad_ the other. Adventitious. Wherefore the natural ate ventitious of man 18 that quality or condition impofed upon man by nature, without any deed Of his, by which our free actions are filbjeeted to, and limited by, a natural law, fuitable to the nature of that Rate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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