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263:(1749) In later years, after the traditional freedom of the press in the Republic appeared under threat by a 1765 law introducing censorship, he expanded on the legal and philosophical justifications of the
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Luzac himself made good use of the freedom of expression and the press. He was an ardent partisan of the cause of the "democrats" who were in league with the
Orangists during the
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De pligten der overheden Uit het
Fransch vertaald. Zynde by deeze vertaaling gevoegd eene voor-reden, en eenige aantekeningen van Mr. Elias Luzac, Advt.
79:, who had a boarding school in Noordwijk, and Anna Maria Cabrolle. He was a nephew of Etienne and Jean Luzac senior, both booksellers, and a cousin of
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Whether an innocent citizen justly can be surrendered to the wrath of a far more potent enemy, to avoid the destruction of the whole community?
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along the same lines. The wish to give these ideas a wider circulation encouraged him in 1759 to found a new literary magazine, entitled the
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Briefwisseling over de leer van het zedelijk gevoel; uitg., en met een voorbericht en aanmerkelyk vermeerdert door
Johannes Petsch
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Num civis innocens irae hostis longe potentioris juste permitti possit, ut excidium totius civitatis evitetur
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by Joseph
Accarias de SĂ©rionne in 1768 and 1778, but also edited a Dutch edition of this work, entitled
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Request van
Cornelis van Hoogeveen .... Benevens een Memorie Tot apui van 't Request bij hetzelve gevoegd
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Brief over het gevaar, gelegen in de verandering van de
Staatsregeling van een eenmaal gevestigd Bestuur
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Cornelis van Hoogeveen ... with a memorandum to support the petition, attached to same.
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Letter about the danger of changing the constitution of a government once it has been established.
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between 1772 and 1776. In this he went against the sense of the times, in bundled pamphlets like
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Hollands
Rijkdom, behelzende den oorsprong van den koophandel en van de magt van dezen staat
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congregation in Leiden, that accused him of defending "materialism". He defended himself in
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De Zugt van den .... raadpensionaris Johan de Witt, tot zijn
Vaderland en deszelfs Vrijheid
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in:P.J. Blok en P.C. Molhuysen (eds), Nieuw
Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 1"
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on 3 November 1750; next to a miss Massuet; and finally to the widow Cabryn-In 't Hout.
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Correspondence between Philagathos and Philalethes about the doctrine of moral feeling.
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The ambition ... of Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt, for his Fatherland and its Freedom
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by the city government, and a bounty was promised for the denunciation of its author.
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Holland's Wealth, referring to the origin of the trade and the might of this state.
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Briefwisseling van Philagathos en Philalethes over de leer van het zedelijk gevoel
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The conduct of the adherents of the stadtholder, defended by Mr. A.V.K. Jurists
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Toets voor het Onderzoek van Groot-Brittanniens Gedrag, ten opzigte van Holland
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which brought him to the unwelcome attention of the censors in the form of the
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Introduction to the extraordinary (i.e. non-civil) procedure in criminal cases
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in which he defended the stadtholderian regime that was established after the
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Het gedrag der Stadhoudersgezinden, verdedigt door Mr. A.V.K. Rechtsgeleerden
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de Witt and his doctrine of the "True Freedom" that he espoused during the
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in 1749. But only in 1759 did he receive a law degree with the dissertation
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Het waare dag-licht van het politieck systema der regeringe van Amsterdam
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Remarques philosophiques et politiques d'un Anonyme sur l'Esprit des Lois
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Brief van een Regent van eene Hollandsche Stad, rakende de Drukpers
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Verhandeling over de volmaking der zedeleer door de Openbaring
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Treatise about the perfection of morality through Revelation.
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Het gedrag der stadhouders-gezinden, verdedigt door A. v. K.
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Recherches sur quelques principes des connoissances humaines
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The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness and Fall, 1477–1806
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De Pligten der Overheden of vertoog over de Regtvaardigheid
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Les Institutions du Droit de la Nature et des Gens de Wolff
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After he finished his formal studies he wrote a so-called
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Het oordeel over den heere raadpensionaris Johan de Witt
386:(1784-1790). He also was on the side of the stadtholder
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le Bonheur ou nouveau système de jurisprudence naturelle
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in: Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden. Deel 11"
526:, Paris, Desaint & Saillant (=Leiden, Elie Luzac).
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Toets voor het onderzoek van Groot-Brittanniëns gedrag
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has contributed most to his reputation. He published
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movement, both after the Orangist restoration in the
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De zugt van den heere raadpensionaris Johan de Witt
423:Les devoirs du Prince, ou Discours sur la justice
349:Het Oordeel over den raadpensionaris Johan de Witt
905:Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren
880:Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren
271:(1770), and possibly also the anonymous pamphlet
261:l'Essai sur la liberté de produire ses sentimens
226:. His own ideas in this matter were laid down in
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545:Institutions du droit de la nature et des gens
473:Essai sur la liberté de produire ses sentimens
517:Lettre d’un anonime à monsieur J.J. Rousseau
444:of 1788. But he lived long enough to see the
409:However, his historical work in the field of
207:Seconde lettre d'un anonyme Ă M.J.J. Rousseau
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167:In this period he also published a work on
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543:1772 - Christian Friedrich von Wolff,
540:, (Utrecht, Johannes van Schoonhoven).
406:, published by his cousin Jean Luzac.
114:, which he would remain all his life.
550:1778 - Jacques Accarias de SĂ©rionne,
485:, Berlin (=Leiden, Elie Luzac junior)
468:, London (=Leiden, Elie Luzac junior)
380:Reinier Vrijaards Openhartige Brieven
197:Lettre d'un Anonyme Ă M.J.J. Rousseau
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475:, Au pays libre pour le bien public
390:during the political strife of the
71:Luzac was the son of Elie Luzac, a
700:Reinier Vrijaard's Candid Letters.
448:of 1795 and the foundation of the
300:More publicly he polemicized with
98:and mathematics and physics under
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337:States General of the Netherlands
49:of the "democratic wing" of the
452:, which he must have detested.
977:18th-century Dutch politicians
907:(in Dutch). pp. 1287–1290
709:Patriotic critic of the state.
384:Vaderlandsche Staatsbeschouwer
355:(though this is not certain).
275:, though this is not certain.
23:Elie Luzac, anonymous painting
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557:1779 - Jacob Nicolas Moreau,
882:(in Dutch). pp. 752–756
531:Nederlandsche letter-courant
477:(=Leiden, Elie Luzac junior)
438:Prussian invasion of Holland
329:First Stadtholderless Period
155:Nederlandsche Letter Courant
124:Disquisitio politico-moralis
455:He died in 1796 in Leiden.
245:Julien Offray de La Mettrie
191:, with whom he conducted a
187:(1765). He was critical of
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552:La richesse de la Hollande
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351:(1757), and possibly also
335:they had entrusted to the
163:Bibliothèque des Sciences.
982:Dutch democracy activists
257:l'Homme plus que machine
108:Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
754:Brugmans, pp. 1287, 1289
466:L’homme plus que machine
440:and "guaranteed" by the
397:Post van den Neder-Rhijn
175:(1761) and commented on
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370:. In the matter of the
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432:Luzacs final work was
323:. In Luzac's view the
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895:Brugmans, H. (1911).
824:Israel, pp. 1084-1085
189:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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579:Notes and references
102:and Johan Lulofs at
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126:about the question
972:People from Leiden
845:Van der Aa, p. 755
341:William the Silent
312:Dutch States Party
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854:Brugmans, p. 1290
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450:Batavian Republic
376:Annales Belgiques
353:Zedige Beproeving
304:in the so-called
265:Freedom of speech
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104:Leiden University
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143:Natural law
946:Categories
874:Elie Luzac
743:References
287:William IV
249:Consistory
209:(opposing
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