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T H E P U F E N D O R F L E C T U R E S Annotations from the teaching of S a m u e l P u f e n d o r f 1672–1674 Edited by B O L I N D B E RG kungl. vitterhets historie och antikvitets akademien handlingar filologisk-filosofiska serien 23 KVHAA HANDLINGAR Filologisk-filosofiskaserien23 PortraitofSamuelPufendorf(1632–1694),byJohannUlrichKraus.Thedistichbelow recommendsthestudyofhisworkstoknowhimbetter.Asimilarrelationexistsbetween themanuscriptsherepublishedandtheoriginaltextsofPufendorf. T h e P u f e n d o r f L e c T u r e s Annotations from the teaching of S a m u e l P u f e n d o r f 1672–1674 B o L i n d B e r g (ed.) KUNGL. VITTERHETS HISTORIE OCH ANTIKVITETS AKADEMIEN HANDLINGAR Filologisk-filosofiskaserien23 Lindberg, Bo (ed.). 2014. The Pufendorf Lectures. Annotations from the teaching of SamuelPufendorf1672–1674. Kungl.VitterhetsHistorieochAntikvitetsAkademien (KVHAA),Handlingar,Filologisk-filosofiskaserien23.Stockholm2014.223p. Abstract ThisisaneditionoftwomanuscriptswithnotestakenduringSamuelPufendorf’steach- ingattheUniversityofLundintheearly1670s.Theshortermanuscriptconsistsofan- notationsfromlecturesonDejurenaturaeetgentium,thelengthierrendersnotestaken duringlecturesonDeofficiohominisetcivis.ThetextsshowPufendorf’sdoctrineatthe pedagogiclevel,asitwaspresentedtostudentsimmediatelyafterhisbookswerepub- lished.Theeffectofthatisthatnaturallawisimbeddedinreligion;Biblicalreferencesare numerouscomparedtointheprintedbooks.Still,manycommentsreflectPufendorf’s conflictwithlocaladversariesinLundandwithLutherantheologiansinGermany.The mainmessage,however,isthatnaturallaw,i.e.Pufendorf,shouldreplaceAristotleas foundationfortheteachingofmoralphilosophy. Keywords Pufendorf,lectures,naturallaw,moralphilosophy,Aristotle,JohannScheffer,Hobbes, stateofnature ©2014BoLindbergandKVHAA,Stockholm ISBN978-91-7402-426-5 ISSN0083-677X PublisherKungl.VitterhetsHistorieochAntikvitetsAkademien (KVHAA,TheRoyalSwedishAcademyofLetters,HistoryandAntiquities), Box5622,SE-11486Stockholm,www.vitterhetsakad.se Distributioneddy.seab,Box1310,SE-62124Visby, http://vitterhetsakad.bokorder.se GraphicdesignLarsPaulsrud CoverThefirstpageofthemanuscriptwithlecturenotesonDeofficiohominisetcivis. (NationalLibraryofSweden,Stockholm.) PrintedbyElandersFälth&Hässler,Mölnlycke,Sweden2014 con t e n ts Introduction 7 Background 8 Themanuscripts 13 Naturallawasmoralphilosophy 23 Theedition 39 Bibliography 42 Observationes super librum de J. N. & G. [De jure naturae et gentium] Puffendorfii ex ipsius Auctoris ore in collegio privato Londini Scanorum A:o 1672 Mens. Septemb excerptae 46 Observationes in libellum Sam: Pufendorfii de officio hominis et civis ex publicis lectionibus auctoris Ao 1673 d. 11 Febr. 74 Appendices 217 Acknowledgements 223 I n t roduct Ion Samuel Pufendorf (1632–1694)isakeyfigureinthehistoryofEuro- peanpoliticalthoughtandmoralphilosophy,rankingjustbehindHugo Grotius and Thomas Hobbes. His theory of natural law was immensely influentialattheendofthe17thcenturyandinthefollowing100years: itdominatedattheuniversitiesofLutheranEuropeandhadsubstantial impactinFranceandtheEnglish-speakingcountries.Muchresearchhas beendevotedtothepolitical,philosophicalandtheologicalaspectsofhis thought, to the spread of his ideas and to the contexts where they were formedandreceived.Thisvolumepresentssourcespertainingtotheme- diationofhisthoughtinaparticularandhithertounnoticedcontext–the academicpulpit.ItisaneditionofnotestakenduringPufendorf’slectures inLundintheearly1670s.Themanuscriptscommentonhistwoworks onnaturallawthatappearedduringhisstayinLund.Onemanuscriptis shortandcontainsthebeginningofaseriesoflecturesonDejurenaturae etgentium(1672).Theotherislongerandofferscommentsonthewholeof Deofficiohominisetcivis(1673). No other annotations from lectures given by Pufendorf are known. Thatinitselfisareasontopublishthem:sourcesconnectingtoprominent personsmayprovevaluablefromunforeseenaspects.Butthevalueofthe editionshouldbemoreclearlyarticulated.Therearefamousmeninthe history of learning whose thought is known to us only through lecture notes–AristotleanddeSaussureforexample.Thatisnotthecasehere. Pufendorf’sdoctrineisknowntousthroughthebooksthathadjustap- pearedwhenhecommentedontheminthespecificcontextofacademic 8 the pufendorf lectures teaching.Theannotationsrepresentadelicateprocessofmediation:first whatPufendorfchosetoemphasizewhenpresentinghisbookstohisaudi- ence;secondwhatthestudentswhotooknoteswereabletograsporfound interesting;andthird,themodificationthatmayhaveoccurredwhenthe notesweretransformedintoareadablemanuscriptafterwards. Thepedagogicalcontextmaybearestrictionifonelooksforelaborate theory in the manuscripts. University professors in 17th century Sweden werenotencouragedtolingerontheoreticalsubtletiesintheirteaching, tosaynothingofsubversiveideas,andoneshouldnotexpectPufendorf tohavepresentedmoreinnovativethoughtasateacherthanasawriter. Ontheotherhand,themanuscriptseditedinthisvolumeshowhisclear intentions about the role of his doctrine in university teaching: natural lawshouldreplaceAristotleinmoralphilosophy.Intheintroductionto thelecturesonDeofficiohepointsoutthatAristotelianethicsandpolitics pertainonlytoancientGreeksociety,incontrasttouniversalnaturallaw. Thatargumentsuggestsamorevisionarypedagogiccontextofnaturallaw than the mere training of students. The overall aim of his doctrine was pedagogic.Allmankindwastobeeducated.Ourdiscipline,heasseverated afewyearslaterinthemidstofhisquarrelswiththetheologians,wasnot inventedtoprovidetopicsforacademicdispute,butinordertobringthe actionsofindividualsandnationsinconcordancewithit.1 Background TheUniversityofLundwasfoundedin1668.Locatedintheprovinceof Skåne,itsaimwastocontributetotheintegrationofthenewlyconquered provinceintotheSwedishkingdom.Duringitsfirsteightyears,however, itwasaninternationaluniversitywithstudentsandprofessorsfromSwe- den,DenmarkandGermany.TheGermanprofessorsbroughtwiththem thepolemicalacademiccultureoftheirhomeland,includingthehabitof publishinganonymousorpseudonymouspamphletswithfeignedplaces of publication. Pufendorf was among the first of the scholars recruited 1. “Specimencontroversiarum”,III:2,inPufendorf:ErisScandica,2002,p.132:“Neque inventaestnostradisciplina,utdisputandimateriampraebeat,sedutactionesacnego- tiatumsingulorumhominum,tumintegrorumpopulorumadeandemexigantur.”
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