Das leis da natureza à ordem econômica: direito natural e fisiocracia

By analyzing works written by Du Pont de Nemours, Le Mercier de la Rivière, Victor Riquetti de Mirabeau and François Quesnay, and in view of the unity of political theory shaped and developed by the physiocracy, this paper examines how the economic analysis of this doctrine only finds its condition of possibility based on a previous political ground, the natural law. Thus, we aim to emphasize the importance of this “philosophical comeback” to the understanding of concepts such as net product or even the emphasis given to agriculture. This approach will allow us to better assess how the study of wealth does not emancipate itself from a social and political theory that ultimately flourish in the traditional field of natural law.