BURLAMAQUI’S “The Principles of Natural Right” appeared in 1747. Few essays have done more to influence the thought of those whose intellectual training makes them most influential. It was at once translated into English and other languages, and long used as a text-book. “The Principles of Political Right” appeared ten years later.

  Burlamaqui was born at Geneva, Switzerland, June 24th, 1694. Educated in the University of Geneva, he spent the greater part of his life as a professor of Natural Law and Ethics in his alma mater. His useful and uneventful life closed at Geneva, April 3d, 1748.