The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart: Lectures on political economy ... To which is prefixed part third of the Outlines of moral philosophy. 1855.56T. Constable and Company, 1856 |
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... appears to me to divide itself naturally into two articles . The one relates to those restraints which check the free circulation of labour and stock among the members of the same community , the other , to the restraints on the com ...
... appears to me to divide itself naturally into two articles . The one relates to those restraints which check the free circulation of labour and stock among the members of the same community , the other , to the restraints on the com ...
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... appears from a manuscript of Mr. Smith's , now in my possession , that the foregoing analysis or division was suggested to him by Mr. Oswald of Dunnikier . It is somewhat remark- able , that the very same division is hinted at by Sir ...
... appears from a manuscript of Mr. Smith's , now in my possession , that the foregoing analysis or division was suggested to him by Mr. Oswald of Dunnikier . It is somewhat remark- able , that the very same division is hinted at by Sir ...
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... appears to me clear and satisfac- tory ; and from the whole it is plain , and may be assumed as certain truth , that the system of forcing , by restraints upon foreign commodities , a part of the capital of a nation from its natural ...
... appears to me clear and satisfac- tory ; and from the whole it is plain , and may be assumed as certain truth , that the system of forcing , by restraints upon foreign commodities , a part of the capital of a nation from its natural ...
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Dugald Stewart Sir William Hamilton. therefore does not appear in the custom - house books , any more than bills of exchange . Money carried out swells the amount of export entries , and consequently enlarges the sup- posed general ...
Dugald Stewart Sir William Hamilton. therefore does not appear in the custom - house books , any more than bills of exchange . Money carried out swells the amount of export entries , and consequently enlarges the sup- posed general ...
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... appear at all in the custom - house books . And , in like manner , most of the cargoes , carried from Newfoundland and the adjacent countries , consist of fish , which never come to Great Britain , but are sold in Spain , Portugal , and ...
... appear at all in the custom - house books . And , in like manner , most of the cargoes , carried from Newfoundland and the adjacent countries , consist of fish , which never come to Great Britain , but are sold in Spain , Portugal , and ...
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The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart: Lectures on political economy ... To ... Dugald Stewart Visualização integral - 1856 |
The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart: Lectures on political economy ... To ... Dugald Stewart Visualização integral - 1856 |
The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart: Lectures on political economy ... To ... Dugald Stewart Visualização integral - 1856 |
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Página 387 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Página 24 - ... intends only his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain; and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for the society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own interest, he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it.
Página 25 - What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy it of them with some part of the produce of our oWn industry, employed in a way in which we have some advantage.
Página 24 - By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
Página 222 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Página 460 - Sed cum omnia ratione animoque lustraris, omnium societatum nulla est gravior, nulla carior quam ea, quae cum re publica est uni cuique nostrum. Cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est, pro qua quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere, si ei sit profuturus?
Página 85 - ... seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chess-board...
Página 207 - And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he...
Página 207 - Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Página 7 - When the price of any commodity is neither more nor less than what is sufficient to pay the rent of the land, the wages of the labour, and the profits of the stock employed in raising, preparing, and bringing to market, according to their natural rates, the commodity is then sold for what may be called its natural price.