John Selden | |
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 John Selden (portrait by an unknown artist) | |
| Born | 16 December 1584 Salvington, Sussex |
| Died | 30 November 1654 (aged 69) White Friars, London |
| Alma mater | Hart Hall, Oxford |
| Era | 17th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Natural law, social contract, humanism |
Main interests | Political philosophy, legal history |
Notable ideas | Proposed an egoistic theory of moral motivation, maintained that natural law was revealed historically through (esp. Hebrew) scripture, argued that civil law arises from contract |
John Selden (16 December 1584 – 30 November 1654) was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution[1] and scholar of Jewish law.[2] He was known as a polymath; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land".[3][4]
- ^ Pocock, John (1957), The Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Herzog, Isaac (1931), "John Selden and Jewish Law", Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, 3, 13 (4): 236–45.
- ^ Milton, John (1644). Areopagitica, A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing to the Parliament of England (1 ed.). London. p. 11. Retrieved 6 January 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Milton's Areopagitica". Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2007.