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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... period ; and that they took their rise , not from any general scheme of policy , but from the private interests and prejudices of particular orders of men . " The state of society , however , which at first arose from a singular ...
... period ; and that they took their rise , not from any general scheme of policy , but from the private interests and prejudices of particular orders of men . " The state of society , however , which at first arose from a singular ...
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... necessary for executing his purpose ; and in six months from that period , by the sole force of his own penetrating and per- severing talents , he produced a complete watch . But CHAP . III . — OF TRADE . ( § 1. ) 13.
... necessary for executing his purpose ; and in six months from that period , by the sole force of his own penetrating and per- severing talents , he produced a complete watch . But CHAP . III . — OF TRADE . ( § 1. ) 13.
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... period of its duration . Its whole capital and industry might still have been employed , though upon dif- ferent objects , in the manner the mos advantageous at the time ... " The natural advantages which one country has over another ...
... period of its duration . Its whole capital and industry might still have been employed , though upon dif- ferent objects , in the manner the mos advantageous at the time ... " The natural advantages which one country has over another ...
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... period when this passage first appeared , it was con- sidered as among the most paradoxical and dangerous parts of Mr. Hume's political writings ; and yet it assumes nothing more than what a moment's consideration might have taught to ...
... period when this passage first appeared , it was con- sidered as among the most paradoxical and dangerous parts of Mr. Hume's political writings ; and yet it assumes nothing more than what a moment's consideration might have taught to ...
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... period will be necessary to reproduce the capital invested with an ade- quate profit . If , when timber is twenty years old , the owner finds , that by letting it stand twenty years longer , or , in other words , by re - investing its ...
... period will be necessary to reproduce the capital invested with an ade- quate profit . If , when timber is twenty years old , the owner finds , that by letting it stand twenty years longer , or , in other words , by re - investing its ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.