![]() ![]() However, I had not heard the name and neither ad my colleagues. It turned out that Samuel Pufendorf (1632-94) was his primary source. On the cover of the first edition from 1715 it says, “drawn from the Works of the most distinguished jurists, in particular Grotius, Pufendorf and Thomasius”. ![]() This book has substantial tracts of political economy. My investigation into Holberg’s writings on political economy brought me to his Naturens og Folkerettens Kundskab (The Knowledge of Natural and International law). Only rarely is he known as an historian, jurist or political economist. As many of you are aware of Holberg is known in the Nordic countries as a writer of comedies, an important representative of the Nordic Enlightenment and a creator of modern Dano-Norwegian letters. ![]() My studies in the Dano-Norwegian history of economic thought brought me to Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754). My interest in the history of economic thought goes several decades back. ![]()
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