That science, which now holds " acquaintance with the stars " by means of its inevitable and imperishable truth, would become as treacherous as Shakspeare's " stairs of sand ;" or like the fantastic architecture which the winds are everlastingly pursuing... The Logic of Political Economy - Page ivby Thomas De Quincey - 1844 - 260 pagesFull view - About this book
| Friedrich List - Economics - 1856 - 554 pages
...illustration from the science of Astronomy, the author proceeds: — " Such, even to this moment, as to its practical applications, is the science of Political...can be postulated ; nothing can be demonstrated." The whole work consists of an acute examination of the errors of Political Economy BO far as they come... | |
| Georg Friedrich List - 1856 - 528 pages
...illustration from the science of Astronomy, the author proceeds: — " Such, even to this moment, as to its practical applications, is the science of Political...can be postulated ; nothing can be demonstrated." The whole work consists of an acute examination of the errors of Political Economy so far as they come... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - Economics - 1859 - 418 pages
...stars" by means of its inevitable and imperishable truth, would become as treacherous as Shakespeare's " stairs of sand": or, like the fantastic architecture...fragment was, to draw into much stronger relief than Kicardo himself had done that one radical doctrine as to value, by which he had given a new birth to... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1859 - 412 pages
...stars" by means of its inevitable and imperishable truth, would become as treacherous as Shakespeare's " stairs of sand": or, like the fantastic architecture...fragment was, to draw into much stronger relief than Ricardo himself had done that one radical doctrine as to value, by which he had given a new birth to... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - Value - 1859 - 404 pages
...stars" by means of its inevitable and imperishable truth, would become as treacherous as Shakespeare's " stairs of sand": or, like the fantastic architecture...fragment was, to draw into much stronger relief than Ricardo himself had done that one radical doctrine as to value, by which he had given a new birth to... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1859 - 396 pages
...stars" by means of its inevitable and imperishable truth, would become as treacherous as Shakespeare's " stairs of sand " : or, like the fantastic architecture...science, entitled " The Templar's Dialogues." The pirpose of this fragment was, to draw into much stronger relief than Bicardo himself had done that... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 514 pages
...revolution effected in that science by Ricardo (1817), upon the whole it has been stationary. But why1? It has always been my own conviction that the reason...fragment was — to draw into much stronger relief than Bicardo himself had done, that one radical doctrine as to value, by which he had given a new birth... | |
| Stephen Colwell - 1867 - 104 pages
...illustration from the science of Astronomy, the author proceeds: — " Such, even to this moment, as to its practical applications, is the science of Political...can be postulated ; nothing can be demonstrated." The whole work consists of an acute examination of the errors of Political Economy so far as they come... | |
| New York Chamber of Commerce - Commerce - 1877 - 478 pages
...gleam of comfort was when I found that DE QUINCT wrote : " Nothing can be postulated concerning it; nothing can be demonstrated, for anarchy, even as to the earliest principles, is predominant" And since such great men thus differ, let me claim credit for sincerity, if not for wisdom, when I... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1877 - 676 pages
...stars" by means of its inevitable and imperishable truth, would become as treacherous as Shakespeare's " stairs of sand " : or, like the fantastic architecture...fragment was, to draw into much stronger relief than Ricardo himself had done that one radical doctrine as to value, by which ho had given a new birth to... | |
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