See also:

• EMERIC

EMERIC See also:

• EMERIC VATTEL (EMER) DE (1714-1767)

VATTEL (EMER) DE (1714-1767)  Swiss jurist, the son of a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Couvet, in the principality of See also:

• NEUCHATEL
• NEUCHATEL (Ger. Neuenburg)
• NEUCHATEL, LAKE OF

Neuchatel, on the 25th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1714 . He studied at See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel and See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva . During his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years his favourite pursuit was See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy; and, having carefully examined the See also:

• WORKS

works of G . W . See also:

• LEIBNITZ (LEIBNIZ), GOTTFRIED WILHELM

Leibnitz and C . See also:

• WOLFF (less correctly WOLF), CHRISTIAN (1679-1754)
• WOLFF, CASPAR FRIEDRICH (1733-1794)
• WOLFF, JOSEPH (1795–1862)

Wolff, he published in 1741 a See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Leibnitz's See also:

• SYSTEM

system against J . P. de See also:

• CROUSAZ, JEAN PIERRE DE (1663-175o)

Crousaz . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year See also:

• VATTEL, EMERIC (EMER) DE (1714-1767)

Vattel, who was born a subject of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, repaired to See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin in the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of obtaining some public employment from See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick IT., but was disappointed in his expectation . Two years later he proceeded to See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden, where he experienced a very favourable reception from See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count &U hl, the minister of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony . In 1746 he obtained from the elector, See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus III., the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of councillor of See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy, accompanied with a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension, and was sent to See also:

• BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern in the capacity of the elector's minister . His See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic functions did not occupy his whole See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, and much of his leisure was devoted to literature and See also:

• JURISPRUDENCE (Lat. jurisprudenlia, knowledge of law, from jus, right, and prudentia, from providere, to foresee)
• JURISPRUDENCE, COMPARATIVE

jurisprudence . Among other works he published Loisirs philosophiques (1747) and Melanges de litterature, de morale, et de politique (1757) .

But his reputation chiefly rests on his See also:

• DROIT (Fr. for " right," from Lat. directus, straight)

Droit See also:

• DES

des gens, ou Frincipes de la loi naturelle appliques a la conduite et aux afaires des nations et des souverains (Neuchatel, 1758) . During the same year he was recalled from See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, to be employed in the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet of Dresden, and was soon afterwards honoured with, the title of privy councillor . His labours now became so intense as to exhaust his strength, and his See also:

• HEALTH

health See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke down . After a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest he returned to Dresden in 1766; but his renewed exertions soon produced a relapse, and he made another excursion to Neuchatel, where he died on the 28th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1767 . His last See also:

• WORK

work was entitled Questions de droll naturel; ou Observations sur le trite du droll de la nature, See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par See also:

• WOLF
• WOLF (Canis lupus)
• WOLF, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1759-1824)
• WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903)
• WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

Wolf (Bern, 1762) . Vattel's Droit des gens, which is founded on the works of Wolff, had in its See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day a See also:

• GREAT

great success, in truth, greater than it deserved . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal and only merit consists in his having rendered the ideas of that author accessible to the See also:

• POLITICAL

political and diplomatic See also:

• WORLD

world . The Droit des gens passed through many See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, and was translated into various See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages (See also:

• ENGLISH

English in 176o) .