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John Selden
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John Selden was born on 16 December 1584 in Sussex and died on 30 November 1654 in London. An English politician, writer, and jurist holding citizenship of the Kingdom of England, he was a member of the Inner Temple and was held at the Marshalsea. He owned the Selden Map of China and wrote in English. His works include Table Talk and De Iure Naturali et Gentium.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- The Discourse of John Selden, Esq. Table Talk
- Seldeniana, or the Table-Talk of John Selden, Esq
- Table Talk Edited with an Introd
- Selden's Table Talk
- De Iure Naturali et Gentium
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Key facts
- Born
- 16 December 1584, Salvington , Sussex
- Died
- 30 November 1654 (1654-11-30) (aged 69), White Friars , London
- Alma mater
- Hart Hall, Oxford
- Era
- 17th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Natural law , social contract , humanism
- Main interests
- Political philosophy , legal history
- Notable ideas
- Proposed an egoistic theory of moral motivation, maintained that natural law was revealed historically through (esp. Hebrew ) scripture , argued that civil law arises from contract
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- jurist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- John-Selden-David-Wilkins-Joannis-Seldeni-jurisconsulti-Opera omnia MG 0668.tif
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- date of death
- 1654-11-30
- date of birth
- 1584-12-16
- Commons category
- John Selden
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- member of
- Inner Temple
- place of detention
- Marshalsea
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- Tuareg Amazighs
- P13311
- Hélène Geoffroy
- P8168
- Another Stakeout
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Works in European collections
24 objects attributed to John Selden, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Ioannis Seldeni Mare Clausum seu De dominio maris libri duo ..
Ioannis Seldeni Mare Clausum seu De dominio maris libri duo Primo, mare, ex iure naturae seu gentium, omnium hominum non esse commune, sed dominii privati seu proprietatis capax, pariter ac tellurem, esse demonstratur, secundo, serenissimum Magnae Britanniae Regem maris circumflui, ut individuae atque perpetuae imperii Britannici appendicis, dominum esse, asseritur ..
Ioannis Seldeni De synedriis & praefectus iudicis veterum ebraeorum liber tertius et ultimus
Ioannis Seldeni Uxor Ebraica seu De nuptiis et divortiis ex iure civili, id est, divino & talmudico, veterum Ebraeorum libri tres eiusdem De successionibus ad leges Ebraerum in bona defunctorum liber singularis..
Johannis Seldeni ... Liber de nummis in quo antiqua pecunia romana graeca metitur precio eius .. hinc accedit Bibliotheca nummaria sive Elenchus auctorum qui de antiquis numismatibus ... ad hunc usque annum scripserunt
Joannis Seldeni Uxor Ebraica seu De nuptiis et divortiis ex jure civili, id est, divino talmudico, veterum Ebraeorum libri tres ejusdem De successionibus ad leges Ebraeorum in bona defunctorum liber singularis, in pontificatum libri duo
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Encyclopedic overview
John Selden (16 December 1584 – 30 November 1654) was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land".
Early life
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