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Grotius

noun
1.
Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645).  Synonyms: Hugo Grotius, Huig de Groot.






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"Grotius" Quotes from Famous Books



... have accused Milton of having taken his poem from the tragedy of "The Banishment of Adam" by Grotius, and from the "Sarcotis" of the Jesuit Masenius, printed at Cologne in 1654 and in 1661, long before Milton gave ...
— Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary • Voltaire

... Leipsig by next Michaelmas; where you will be lodged in the house of Professor Mascow, and boarded in the neighborhood of it, with some young men of fashion. The professor will read you lectures upon 'Grotius de Jure Belli et Pacis,' the 'Institutes of Justinian' and the 'Jus Publicum Imperii;' which I expect that you shall not only hear, but attend to, and retain. I also expect that you make yourself perfectly ...
— The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son • The Earl of Chesterfield

... be wished that such a celebrated Genius as Grotius had found an Historian equal to his fame: for in this high rank we can by no means place those who have contented themselves with giving a superficial account of his Life, and a catalogue of his Works. M. Lehman, to whom we owe Grotius's Ghost revenged, is much fuller than any ...
— The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius • Jean Levesque de Burigny

... place of these two men in history is secure. They stand with Grotius, Thomasius, and Beccaria—the men who in modern times have done most to prevent unmerited sorrow. They were not, indeed, called to suffer like their great compeers; they were not obliged to see their writings—among the most blessed gifts of God to man—condemned, as were ...
— History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom • Andrew Dickson White



Words linked to "Grotius" :   jurist, diplomatist, Hugo Grotius, legal expert, diplomat



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