, nephew of the preceding, was born the 15th of March 1674, at Bariers, a city of Lower Languedoc,
, nephew of the preceding, was
born the 15th of March 1674, at Bariers, a city of Lower
Languedoc, in France. He went to Lausanne in 1686,
with his father: and, in 1697, was at Berlin, where he
taught philosophy at the French college. At the desire of
his father, he applied himself at first to divinity, but afterwards quitted it, and gave himself up to the study of the
law, especially that of nature and nations. In 1710 he
was invited to Lausanne, to accept of the new professorship of law and history, which the magistrates of Bern had
instituted, and he enjoyed it for seven years, during which
time he was thrice rector. In 1713, he was elected a
member of the royal society of sciences at Berlin and in
1717, chosen professor of public and private law at Groningen. He translated into French the two celebrated works
of Puffendorf, his “Law of nature and nations,
” and his
“Duties of a man and citizen
” he wrote excellent notes
to both these performances, and to the former he gives an
introductory preface. He translated also the two discourses
of Mr. Noodt, concerning the power of a sovereign and
liberty of conscience, and Tillotson’s sermons, in 6 vols.
8vo, 1709, &c. The piece entitled “Traite de jeu,
”
printed at Amsterdam, in Traite sur la morale des peres,
” A translation, with notes, of a
treatise of M. Bynckershoek,
” La defence du
droit de la compagnie Hollandoise des Indes Orientales,
contre les nouvelles pretensions des habitans des Pais Bas
Autrichiens, &c.
” De jure belli ac pacis,
”
with large and excellent notes. He died in