 It makes entire abstraction of every other human passion or motive; except those which may be regarded as perpetually antagonizing principles to the desire of wealth, namely, aversion to labour, and desire of the present enjoyment of costly indulgences.  A Manual of Political Economy - Page 20by Erasmus Peshine Smith - 1853 - 269 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1843 - 648 pages
...every other human passion or motive; except those which may be regarded as perpetually antagonising principles to the desire of wealth, namely, aversion...desire of the present enjoyment of costly indulgences. These it takes, to a certain extent, into its calculations, because these do not merely, like our other... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1846 - 630 pages
...in consequence of the pursuit of wealth. It makes entire abstraction of every other human passion or motive; except those which may be regarded as perpetually...principles to the desire of wealth, namely, aversion to labor, and desire of the present enjoyment of costly indulgences. These it takes, to a certain extent,... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 594 pages
...in consequence of the pursuit of wealth. It makes entire abstraction of every other human passion or motive ; except those which may be regarded as perpetually...desire of the present enjoyment of costly indulgences. These it takes, to a certain extent, into its calculations ; because these do not merely, like other... | |
 | 1848 - 662 pages
...in consequence of the pursuit of wealth. It makes entire abstraction of every other human passion or motive ; except those which may be regarded as perpetually...labour, and desire of the present enjoyment of costly indulgencies. These it takes, to a certain extent, into its calculations ; because these do not merely,... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1905 - 662 pages
...regarded as perpetually antagonizing principles to the desire of wealth, namely, aversion to labor, and desire of the present enjoyment of costly indulgences....occupied solely in acquiring and consuming wealth." This statement was made in 1844. Prof. John K. Ingram, in 1879, called this a vicious abstraction,... | |
 | Nassau William Senior - Economics - 1852 - 112 pages
...every other human passion or motive, except those which may be regarded as perpetually antagonising principles to the desire of wealth ; namely, aversion...desire of the present enjoyment of costly indulgences. These it takes, to a certain extent, into its calculations, because these do not merely, like other... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Business & Economics - 1856 - 588 pages
...in consequence of the pursuit of wealth. It makes entire abstraction of every other human passion or motive, except those which may be regarded as perpetually...principles to the desire of wealth, — namely, aversion to labor, and desire of the present enjoyment of costly indulgences. These it takes, to a certain extent,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Evidence - 1856 - 560 pages
...every other human passion or motive ; except those which may be regarded as perpetually antagonising principles to the desire of wealth, namely, aversion...desire of the present enjoyment of costly indulgences. These it takes, to a certain extent, into its calculations, because these do not merely, like our other... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1858 - 666 pages
...wealth. It makes entire abstracI tion of every other human passion or motived/except those which may 5e regarded as perpetually antagonizing principles to the desire of wealth, namely, aversion to labor, and desire o^ the present enjoyment of costly indulgences. These it takes, to a certain extent,... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1859 - 576 pages
...in consequence of the pursuit of wealth. It makes entire abstraction of every other human passion or motive, except those which may be regarded as perpetually...principles to the desire of wealth, — namely, aversion to labor, and desire of the present enjoyment of costly indulgences. These it takes, to a certain extent,... | |
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