Principles of political economy, deduced from the natural laws of social welfare, and applied to the present state of BritainLongman, 1833 - 457 pages |
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... the author's most ardent wishes will be amply fulfilled . It is pregnant with infer- ences which cannot but lead to results of incal- culable benefit to the whole human race . TABLE OF CONTENTS . Page . 1 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.ON the.
... the author's most ardent wishes will be amply fulfilled . It is pregnant with infer- ences which cannot but lead to results of incal- culable benefit to the whole human race . TABLE OF CONTENTS . Page . 1 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.ON the.
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... whole , ordered all things for the best , it is evidently false if applied to individual actions ; as , for example , cruelty , theft , and murder . Pro- vidence , in arranging things on the whole for the best , ' has left to man the ...
... whole , ordered all things for the best , it is evidently false if applied to individual actions ; as , for example , cruelty , theft , and murder . Pro- vidence , in arranging things on the whole for the best , ' has left to man the ...
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... of each individual only so far as is clearly necessary for the benefit of the whole , and will therefore rob no one of the full extent of his na- tural right to personal freedom . II . Of the Natural Right to the Bounties of.
... of each individual only so far as is clearly necessary for the benefit of the whole , and will therefore rob no one of the full extent of his na- tural right to personal freedom . II . Of the Natural Right to the Bounties of.
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... of man may , therefore , be defined as the claim of every individual to have his interest promoted and protected to the same extent as that of every other member of society by the combined power of the whole body : in other.
... of man may , therefore , be defined as the claim of every individual to have his interest promoted and protected to the same extent as that of every other member of society by the combined power of the whole body : in other.
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George Poulett Scrope. the combined power of the whole body : in other words , it is a right to good government . Recipro- cally , his duty to society is , to submit to , and co- operate when required in the just exercise of its power ...
George Poulett Scrope. the combined power of the whole body : in other words , it is a right to good government . Recipro- cally , his duty to society is , to submit to , and co- operate when required in the just exercise of its power ...
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accumulated Adam Smith advantages afford agriculture amount arts benefit capital circulating circumstances comforts commerce commodities condition consequently consumed continually corn CORN-LAWS cost cultivation demand division of labour duce duction duties effect employed employment enjoyment equally evils exchange exclusive exertions existence expense extent favourable fertility foreign greater happiness human improvement increase individual industry injury interest invested Ireland labouring class land landlord less likewise limited machinery manufactures ment MIXED MATHEMATICS mode monopoly moral natural justice natural laws natural right necessary numbers object obtain occupation owner parishes parties perhaps persons Political Economy poor poor-law poor-rate population portion possession present principle procure production profit proportion proportionate purchase quantity raw produce rent skill society soil sumers supply surplus surplus labour taxation things tion tithe tivation trade value of money villeins wages wealth