Theodorus Johannes "Dirk" Graswinckel[1] (1 October 1600 – 12 October 1666[2]) was a Dutch jurist, a significant writer on the freedom of the seas. He was a controversialist, who also rose to a high legal position (Fiscal of Holland) where he advised Descartes.[3] He was a cousin and pupil of Grotius.[4] He was also a poet and translator of Thomas à Kempis.[5]
- ^ Dirck or Theodor Graswinckel or Graswinkel, Theodorus Graswinckelius.
- ^ GRASWINCKEL, Dirk (Theodorus) Johannes in Correspondence of Descartes: 1643 Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, pp 263-266.
- ^ Desmon M. Clarke, Descartes: A biography (2006), p. 243.
- ^ "Diplomacy and the Study of International Relations".
- ^ A. W. G. Raath and J. J. Henning, Political Covenantalism, sovereignty and the obligatory nature of law: Ulrich Huber's Discourse on state authority and democratic universalism (PDF), note 57 on p. 8.