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Emer de Vattel (25 April 1714 – 28 December 1767) was a Swiss philosopher diplomat and legal expert whose theories laid the foundation of modern international law and political philosophy. He was born in Couvet in Neuchatel Switzerland in 1714 and died in 1767 of edema. He was largely influenced in his philosophy by Gottfried Leibniz and Christian Wolff and strove to integrate their ideas into the legal and political system.

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birth date
1714-04-25
birth place
Switzerland, Couvet
death date
1767-12-28
death place
Switzerland, Couvet
era
Age of Enlightenment
influenced
Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Western philosophy
influenced by
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Christian Wolff (philosopher)
main interest
Ethics, Political philosophy, Social philosophy
philosophicalSchool
Age of Enlightenment
region
Western philosophy

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