 The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena of society as arise from the combined operations of mankind for the production of wealth, in so far as those phenomena are not modified by the pursuit of any other object.  Principles of Political Economy - Page ixby Henry Charles Carey - 1837 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Friedrich List - Economics - 1856 - 554 pages
...end as if it were the sole end." The author then arrives at another definition, which, in his view, " seems to be complete :" " The science which traces...not modified by the pursuit of any other object." — (pp. 130 to 140.) This highly elaborated definition of JS Mill, drawn up after having freely admitted... | |
 | Georg Friedrich List - 1856 - 528 pages
...end as if it were the sole end." The author then arrives at another definition, which, in his view, " seems to be complete :" " The science which traces...not modified by the pursuit of any other object." — (pp. 130 to 140.) This highly elaborated definition of JS Mill, drawn up after having freely admitted... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - 1857 - 204 pages
...philosopher." Finally he gives (p. 140) the following definition as fulfilling the required conditions, viz : " The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...mankind for the production of wealth, in so far. as these phenomena are not modified by the pursuit of any other object." My reasons for not adopting this... | |
 | Stephen Colwell - 1867 - 104 pages
...end as if it were the sole end." The author then arrives at another definition, which, in his view, " seems to be complete :" " The science which traces...not modified by the pursuit of any other object." — (pp. 130 to 140.) This highly elaborated definition of JS Mill, drawn up after having freely admitted... | |
 | John Elliot Cairnes - Business & Economics - 1869 - 208 pages
...philosopher." Finally he gives (p. 140) the following definition as fulfilling the required conditions, viz : " The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...mankind for the production of wealth, in so far as these phenomena are not modified by the pursuit of any other object." My reasons for not adopting this... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Business & Economics - 1874 - 208 pages
...correct allowance for the degree of influence exercised by the other cause. Political Economy, then, may be defined as follows ; and the definition seems to...not modified by the pursuit of any other object." But while this is a correct definition of Political Economy as a portion of the field of science, the... | |
 | Palaestra Oxoniensis - 1879 - 176 pages
...of wealth so far as they depend upon the laws of human nature ; ' or, as a complete definition : ' The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...not modified by the pursuit of any other object.' — jf. S. Mill, Essays on some Unsettled Questions in Political Economy, 2nd edit, 133, 140. (JS Mill... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1884 - 512 pages
...on the operations and functions of the different parts of the social body;' John Stuart Mill, as 4he science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...not modified by the pursuit of any other object.' The definition of Maltluis pi ves it a wider range than is conceded to it by M'Culloch, extending it... | |
 | John Neville Keynes - Economics - 1891 - 390 pages
...does not turn aside towards other ends. In accordance with this view, political economy is denned as " the science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...not modified by the pursuit of any other object". 1 It is admitted that the 1 Unsettled Questions of Political Economy, p. 140. Bagehot, in his Economic... | |
 | John Neville Keynes - Economics - 1891 - 392 pages
...does not turn aside towards other ends. In accordance with this view, political economy is denned as " the science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...phenomena are not modified by the pursuit of any other object".1 It is admitted that the 1 Unsettled Question* of Political Economy, p. 140. Bagchot, in his... | |
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