 | 1848 - 594 pagina’s
...is capable of judging of the comparative efficacy of means for obtaining that end. It predicts only such of the phenomena of the social state as take...except those which may be regarded as perpetually antagonizing principles to the desire of wealth ; namely, aversion to labour, and desire of the present... | |
 | Nassau William Senior - 1852 - 112 pagina’s
...is capable of judging of the comparative efficacy of means for obtaining that end. It predicts only such of the phenomena of the social state as take place in consequence of the pursuit of wealth. It * Essays on some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy, pp. 137, 138, 139, 140. 144, 145. makes... | |
 | Erasmus Peshine Smith - 1853 - 284 pagina’s
...Economy as having a wider object than that usually assigned to it. " Political Economy," says Mr. Mill,f "concerns itself only with such of the phenomena of...take place in consequence of the pursuit of wealth. * Annuaire de 1'Economie Politique, 1851, page 200. f Mill's Logic, p. 566, Harpers' edition, quoting... | |
 | Joseph Devey - 1854 - 420 pagina’s
...instance. Thus political economy takes cognisance of such phenomena of the social state as are generated by the pursuit of wealth. It makes entire abstraction...passion or motive, except those which may be regarded aa antagonist to the desire of gain : viz., aversion to labour and desire of present enjoyment. Nor... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1856 - 590 pagina’s
...physical self-denial with which they can be obtained in the existing state of knowledge It predicts only such of the phenomena of the social state as take...except those which may be regarded as perpetually antagonizing principles to the desire of wealth, — namely, aversion to labor, and desire of the present... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1856 - 560 pagina’s
...certain fixed combinations of the former are apt to recur often, in conjunction with ever- vary ing circumstances of the latter class. Political Economy,...take place in consequence of the pursuit of wealth. 486 LOGIC OF THE MORAL SCIENCES. It makes entire abstraction of every other human passion or motive... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 666 pagina’s
...circumstances of the latter class. ,--"' Political Economy, as I have said on another occasion, concerns i itself only with "such of the phenomena of the social...consequence of the pursuit of wealth. It makes entire abstracI tion of every other human passion or motived/except those which may 5e regarded as perpetually... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1859 - 576 pagina’s
...physical self-denial with which they can be obtained in the existing state of knowledge It predicts only such of the phenomena of the social state as take...except those which may be regarded as perpetually antagonizing principles to the desire of wealth, — namely, aversion to labor, and desire of the present... | |
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It is concerned with him solely as a being who desires to possess wealth, and who is capable of judging of the comparative efficacy of means for obtaining that end. It predicts only such of the phenomena of the social state as take place in consequence... 
