...less degree of Von Thunen, Professor Marshall says he was led to attach importance to the fact that observations of nature in the moral as in the physical world relate less to aggregate of quantities than to increments of quantities, and, in particular, that the demand...

...series of elementary propositions. Under the guidance of Cournot and in a less degree of Von Thiinen, I was led to attach great importance to the fact that...aggregate quantities as to increments of quantities.* Edgeworth admires " Cournot's masterly analysis of the dealings between a monopolist seller and a number...

...reversed the ranking just quoted. Under the guidance of Cournot, and in a less degree of von Thiinen, I was led to attach great importance to the fact that...aggregate quantities as to increments of quantities. ' ' This apparent discrepancy may arise because in the first preface Marshall particularly wished to...

...extraneous variables in the infamous ceteris paribus clause. And continuity will allow marginalist analysis: "Our observations of nature, in the moral as in the...corresponding increment of its cost of production" (p. x). So Marshall's approach, which is mirrored in todays economic analyses, was both analytical...

...the inanimate world of matter investigated by physics and chemistry. Marshall was guided by Cournot to attach great importance to the fact that our observations...aggregate quantities as to increments of quantities, (p. viii, Pref. to 1st ed.) Corresponding to this mathematical science of incremental change is to...

..."many in the one, the one in the many". These two mottoes were the quintessence of his methodology. demand for a thing is a continuous function of which...balanced against the corresponding increment of its costs of production". Diagrammatic analysis was designed to underpin his propositions with marginalism...

...less degree of Von Thiinen, Professor Marshall says he was led to attach importance to the fact that observations of nature in the moral as in the physical world relate less to aggregate [s] of quantities than to increments of quantities, and, in particular, that the...

...the form of the thought. "36 "Under the guidance of Cournot, and in a less degree of von Thiinen, I was led to attach great importance to the fact that...balanced against the corresponding increment of its cost. "37 There is no reason to doubt his word. He was not among the writers who are niggardly in their acknowledgments....

...the inanimate world of matter investigated by physics and chemistry. Marshall was guided by Cournot to attach great importance to the fact that our observations...aggregate quantities as to increments of quantities, (p. viii, Pref. to 1st ed.) Corresponding to this mathematical science of incremental change is to...

...method appears to be established in its proper position by the precept and example of Prof. Marshall: Our observations of nature, in the moral as in the...aggregate quantities as to increments of quantities. ... It is not easy to get a clear full view of continuity in this aspect without the aid either of...