Samuel Pufendorf and the Emergence of Economics as a Social ScienceThis 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 important figures in early modern political thought. Although his work fits within the intellectual framework of natural jurisprudence, there is an argument to be