Everything about Emerich De Vattel totally explained
Emer (Emerich or Emmerich) de Vattel (
April 25,
1714 -
December 28,
1767) was a Swiss
philosopher,
diplomat, and legal expert whose theories laid the foundation of modern
international law and
political philosophy. He was born in Couvet in
Neuchatel,
Switzerland in 1714 and died in 1767 of
edema. He was largely influenced in his philosophy by
Gottfried Leibniz and
Christian von Wolff and strove to integrate their ideas into the legal and political system. He is most famous for his 1758 work
Droit des gens; ou, Principes de la loi naturelle appliqués à la conduite et aux affaires des nations et des souverains (in English,
The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law Applied to the Conduct and to the Affairs of Nations and of Sovereigns). This work was his claim to fame and won him enough prestige to be appointed as a councilor to the court of
King Augustus III of Saxony.
The Law of Nations
Vattel's masterpiece was largely influenced by
The Law of Nations by
Christian von Wolff. His work began, in fact, by translating Wolff's text from its Latin into the vernacular and adding his own thoughts. The work was also heavily influenced by
Gottfried Leibniz and
Hugo Grotius. Focused largely on the rights and obligations of citizens and states, the work also had ramifications for
Just War Theory as it outlined international diplomacy as we now know it. Vattel elucidated the "Golden Rule of Sovereigns": One can't complain when he's treated as he treats others.
The work is available online at
Online Library of Liberty
.
Other works
Vattel also published works other than his magnum opus. His last work was written in 1762 and concerned the
Natural law philosophy of Wolff.
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