 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 - Pagina ivdoor Thomas De Quincey - 1844 - 260 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Friedrich List - 1856 - 554 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 - 1859 - 418 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 - 404 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 - 1877 - 478 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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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