This book discusses Samuel Pufendorf and his contributions to the development of the European Enlightenment and the emergence of economics as a social science. Born in 1632 in Saxony, Pufendorf wrote widely on natural law, ethics, jurisprudence, and political economy and was one of the most...

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- On the early reception and dissemination of Adam Smith’s economic theory in Germany – literature, representatives and the case of Georg Sartorius -- Friedrich List on Adam Smith -- Johann Friedrich Pfeiffer on Adam Smith – An Early --...