‎RÜDIGER, ANDREAS.‎
‎Klugheit zu leben und zu herrschen, nach dem Sinn und Lehr-Art eines wahrhafftig hochgelahrten Mannes und mit eigenen Gedancken des Verfassers untermischet.‎

‎Leipzig, Christoph Cornern, 1722. 8vo. In contemporary half vellum with gilt lettering to spine. Two small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally nice and clean. (10), 544, (4), 545-708, (20) pp. ‎

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‎Uncommon first edition of Rüdiger work on how to live wisely and govern effectively. Andreas Rüdiger (1673–1731) was a German philosopher, mathematician, and physicist of the early 18th century, associated with the rationalist tradition. Educated and later a professor at the University of Leipzig, Rüdiger was influenced by philosophers like Leibniz and Wolff. His work spanned philosophy, ethics, mathematics, and physics, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of Enlightenment thought.‎