Batawczyka z Sarmatą rozważania o formie ojczystej rzeczypospolitej, czyli o wpływie Liber de Antiquitate Reipublicae Batavicae na Polonia Defensa contra Ioanem Baclaium
The Considerations of the Batavian and the Sarmatian on the Form of Their Native Republics or the Influnence of Liber de Antiquitate Reipublicae Batavicae on Polonia Defensa contra Ioanem Baclaium

Summary/Abstract: This article provides a comparative analysis of two republican works: Hugo Grotius’s Liber de Antiquitate Reipublicae Batavicae and Łukasz Opaliński the Younger’s Polonia Defensa contra Ioanem Baclaium. It is well known that Opaliński was familiar with Grotius’s work when preparing Polonia Defensa. The comparison focuses on the aims of both works, their authors’ attitudes towards freedom, the form of goverment, and the significance of the antiquity of these goverments. Attention is paid to the question of sovereignty which divides both thinkers. At the same time, the republican concept of the princeps, which is shared by both authors, is highlighted.

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