John Selden

John Selden
John Selden (portrait by an unknown artist)
Born16 December 1584
Salvington, Sussex
Died30 November 1654(1654-11-30) (aged 69)
White Friars, London
Alma materHart Hall, Oxford
Era17th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolNatural 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
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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]

  1. ^ Pocock, John (1957), The Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ Herzog, Isaac (1931), "John Selden and Jewish Law", Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, 3, 13 (4): 236–45.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Milton's Areopagitica". Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2007.

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