Johannes Althusius

1557 - 1638

Titles on this disk:

• author: Politica

Quotation:

• (26 October, 2009) Althusius argues that a political leader is bound by his oath of office which, if violated, requires his removal (1614)

About this person:

Johannes Althusius was a German political and legal philosopher whose ideal commonwealth was a harmonious ordering of natural associations, beginning with the family and moving up through local and regional associations. He is an early theorist of the idea of federalism.