 | Samuel Von Pufendorf (January 8, 1632 - October 26, 1694) on Courts and Cruelty(published by RevoltSource) |
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German Jurist, Political Philosopher, Economist, Historian, and Made a Baron by Charles XI of Sweden
: A German jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian. He was born Samuel Pufendorf and ennobled in 1694; he was made a baron by Charles XI of Sweden a few months before his death at age 62. Among his achievements are his commentaries and revisions of the natural law theories of Thomas Hobbes and Hugo Grotius. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #5 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Courts and Cruelty
“...punishments are by no means to be inflicted, with the intent to let the injured party gloat, and take pleasure in the pain and punishment of him who did the injury. For this pleasure is dearly inhuman and contrary to sociability.”
Source: "On the Duty of Man and Citizen, According to Natural Law," by Samuel Von Pufendorf, Printer to the Celebrated University, 1673, At the Charges of John Creed, Bookseller, Cambridge. Book 2, chapter 13.
"On the Duty of Man and Citizen, According to Natural Law," by Samuel Von Pufendorf, Printer to the Celebrated University, 1673, At the Charges of John Creed, Bookseller, Cambridge.
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