Philosopher

Johannes Althusius

Overview

Johannes Althusius (1563 – August 12, 1638) was a German–Dutch jurist and Calvinist political philosopher.

He is best known for his 1603 work Politica Methodice Digesta, Atque Exemplis Sacris et Profanis Illustrata which revised editions were published in 1610 and 1614. The ideas expressed therein relate to the early development of federalism in the 16th and 17th centuries and the construction of subsidiarity.

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Philosophers who discussed Johannes Althusius

• Leo Strauss
• Petrus Ramus
• Hugo Grotius

Ideas Johannes Althusius discusses

• Federalism
• German Empire
• Power (social and political)
• John Calvin
• Jurisprudence
• Ramism
• Latin
• Autonomy
• Niccolò Machiavelli
• Nation state
• Natural law
• Political philosophy
• Neoplatonism
• Jean Bodin
• State (polity)
• Sovereignty
• Theology
• Aristotle
• Petrus Ramus
• World War II
• Reformation
• Marburg
• Basel
• Reformed Christianity

Place in the tradition

Part of French philosophy.

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