- First name
- Erich
- Last name
- Mauritius
- Date of Birth
- 1631
- Date of Death
- 1691
- Born in
- Itzehoe
- Died in
- Wetzlar
Erich Mauritius studied law in Wittenberg, Frankfurt an der Oder and Giessen. He was professor of law in Tübingen (1660) and Kiel (1665). He published many works on controversial legal issues, like the persecution of witches (De denunciatione sagarum, 1664). Apparently, he had a keen interest in the New Philosophy with a respectful attitude to Hobbes. See: Nonnenmacher, 2001.
In October 1671, Morhof told Mauritius that Spinoza was probably the writer of the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus.