Natural Law and Enlightenment Series

About this Collection

The intellectual struggle to articulate the theory of classical liberalism was often as hard fought as the physical battle for its political realization. The Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics Series presents not only some of the most famous figures from this history but also the lesser-known theorists who contributed their part to the contest of ideas. Through some of the Enlightenment’s most significant and most unusual works on natural law, moral philosophy, political theory, jurisprudence, and theology, this series offers readers a deep and nuanced understanding of classical liberal ideas and their development.

See the listing of current and proposed titles in the Series with the expected date of publication.

For additional information about the Natural Law and Enlightenment Series see in the Forum: Timeline on Natural Law and Enlightenment.

Members:

• Commentary on the Law of Prize and Booty (Hugo Grotius)
• The Constitution of England; Or, an Account of the English Government (Jean Louis De Lolme)
• The Divine Feudal Law: Or, Covenants with Mankind, Represented (Samuel von Pufendorf)
• An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature (Nathaniel Culverwell)
• Elements of Criticism, 2 vols. (Henry Home, Lord Kames)
• Elements of Criticism, vol. 1 (Henry Home, Lord Kames)
• Elements of Criticism, vol. 2 (Henry Home, Lord Kames)
• The Elements of Moral Philosophy (David Fordyce)
• An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections (1742, 2002) (Francis Hutcheson)
• Essays on Church, State, and Politics (Christian Thomasius)
• Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion (Henry Home, Lord Kames)
• The Free Sea (Hakluyt trans.) (Hugo Grotius)
• An Historical View of the English Government (John Millar)
• An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (1726, 2004) (Francis Hutcheson)
• Institutes of Divine Jurisprudence. With Selections from Foundations of the Law of Nature and Nations (Christian Thomasius)
• An Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe (1682, 2013) (Samuel von Pufendorf)
• The Law of Nations (LF ed.) (Emer de Vattel)
• Logic, Metaphysics, and the Natural Sociability of Mankind (Francis Hutcheson)
• The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (2008) (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus)
• A Methodical System of Universal Law: Or, the Laws of Nature and Nations (Johann Gottlieb Heineccius)
• The Writings of Gershom Carmichael (Gershom Carmichael)
• Of the Nature and Qualification of Religion, in Reference to Civil Society (Samuel von Pufendorf)
• Observations upon Liberal Education, in All its Branches (George Turnbull)
• The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks (John Millar)
• A Philosophical Commentary on These Words of the Gospel (Pierre Bayle)