This essay shows how Hugo Grotius (1583–1646) made use of classical poetry and drama, especially that of Lucan, Euripides, and Seneca, in developing his thought on the treatment of captives, prisoners of war, and slaves, and argues that his method was humanist and philological. From his early publishing projects to “The Rights of War and Peace” (De Iure Belli ac Pacis, 1625), Grotius developed an account of common social experience, a formal mechanism to represent dialogue with difference, and a refusal to apply categorical distinctions positing natural difference among peoples. His engagements with classical poetry and drama are thus an important piece of the story of early modern thought.

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共同的人性？雨果·格劳秀斯从诗歌到哲学

这篇文章展示了雨果·格劳秀斯（1583-1646 年）如何利用古典诗歌和戏剧，尤其是卢坎、欧里庇得斯和塞内卡的诗歌和戏剧，来发展他对俘虏、战俘和奴隶的待遇的思想，并论证了他的观点方法是人文主义和语言学的。从他早期的出版项目到“战争与和平的权利”（De Iure Belli ac Pacis，1625 年），格劳秀斯发展了一种对共同社会经验的描述，一种代表与差异对话的正式机制，以及拒绝应用绝对区分假设人与人之间的自然差异。因此，他与古典诗歌和戏剧的接触是早期现代思想故事的重要组成部分。