Author: George Blewitt
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Category : Charity-schools
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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An Enquiry Whether a General Practice of Virtue Tends to the Wealth Or Poverty, Benefit Or Disadvantage of a People?
Author: George Blewitt
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Category : Charity-schools
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Category : Charity-schools
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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An Enquiry Into the Original of Moral Virtue
Author: Archibald Campbell
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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A catalogue of the libraries of ... sir Luke Schaub ... and of several noblemen and gentlemen. Which will continue selling till 1st Jan. 1760
Author: T. Osborne
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Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Languages : en
Pages : 472
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A catalogue for the year 1761, of the libraries of the hon. Augustus George Egerland ... George Hepburn [&c.]. Which will continue selling 'till 1st Jan. 1762
Author: T. Osborne
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Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Languages : en
Pages : 392
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A catalogue for the year 1764, of the libraries of ... mr. Wood ... dr. Umfrevile [&c.]. Which will continue selling to 1st Jan. 1765
Author: T. Osborne
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Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Pages : 488
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Studies in the Theory of International Trade
Author: Jacob Viner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315409593
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 555
Book Description
In this book, originally published in 1937, Jacob Viner traces, in a series of studies of contemporary source-material, the evolution of the modern orthodox theory of international trade from its beginnings in the revolt against English mercantilism in the 17th and 18th centuries, through the English currency and tariff controversies of the 19th century, to the late 20th century. The author offers a detailed examination of controversies in the technical literature centering on important propositions of the classical and neo-classical economists relating to the theory of the mechanism of international trade and the theory of gain from trade.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315409593
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 555
Book Description
In this book, originally published in 1937, Jacob Viner traces, in a series of studies of contemporary source-material, the evolution of the modern orthodox theory of international trade from its beginnings in the revolt against English mercantilism in the 17th and 18th centuries, through the English currency and tariff controversies of the 19th century, to the late 20th century. The author offers a detailed examination of controversies in the technical literature centering on important propositions of the classical and neo-classical economists relating to the theory of the mechanism of international trade and the theory of gain from trade.
Man-Devil
Author: John J. Callanan
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691264988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A lively and provocative account of Bernard Mandeville and the work that scandalized and appalled his contemporaries—and made him one of the most influential thinkers of the eighteenth century In 1714, doctor, philosopher and writer Bernard Mandeville published The Fable of the Bees, a humorous tale in which a prosperous hive full of greedy and licentious bees trade their vices for virtues and immediately fall into economic and societal collapse. Outrage among the reading public followed; philosophers took up their pens to refute what they saw as the fable’s central assertion. How could it be that an immoral community thrived but the introduction of morality caused it to crash and burn? In Man-Devil, John Callanan examines Mandeville and his famous fable, showing how its contentious claim—that vice was essential to the economic flourishing of any society—formed part of Mandeville’s overall theory of human nature. Mandeville, Callanan argues, was perfectly suited to analyze and satirize the emerging phenomenon of modern society—and reveal the gap between its self-image and its reality. Callanan shows that Mandeville’s thinking was informed by his medical training and his innovative approach to the treatment of illness with both physiological and psychological components. Through incisive and controversial analyses of sexual mores, gender inequality, economic structures, and political ideology, Mandeville sought to provide a naturalistic account of human behavior—one that put humans in close continuity with animals. Aware that his fellow human beings might find this offensive, he cloaked his theories in fables, poems, anecdotes, and humorous stories. Mandeville mastered irony precisely for the purpose of making us aware of uncomfortable aspects of our deepest natures—aspects that we still struggle to acknowledge today.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691264988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A lively and provocative account of Bernard Mandeville and the work that scandalized and appalled his contemporaries—and made him one of the most influential thinkers of the eighteenth century In 1714, doctor, philosopher and writer Bernard Mandeville published The Fable of the Bees, a humorous tale in which a prosperous hive full of greedy and licentious bees trade their vices for virtues and immediately fall into economic and societal collapse. Outrage among the reading public followed; philosophers took up their pens to refute what they saw as the fable’s central assertion. How could it be that an immoral community thrived but the introduction of morality caused it to crash and burn? In Man-Devil, John Callanan examines Mandeville and his famous fable, showing how its contentious claim—that vice was essential to the economic flourishing of any society—formed part of Mandeville’s overall theory of human nature. Mandeville, Callanan argues, was perfectly suited to analyze and satirize the emerging phenomenon of modern society—and reveal the gap between its self-image and its reality. Callanan shows that Mandeville’s thinking was informed by his medical training and his innovative approach to the treatment of illness with both physiological and psychological components. Through incisive and controversial analyses of sexual mores, gender inequality, economic structures, and political ideology, Mandeville sought to provide a naturalistic account of human behavior—one that put humans in close continuity with animals. Aware that his fellow human beings might find this offensive, he cloaked his theories in fables, poems, anecdotes, and humorous stories. Mandeville mastered irony precisely for the purpose of making us aware of uncomfortable aspects of our deepest natures—aspects that we still struggle to acknowledge today.
British Colonial Theories 1570 – 1850
Author: Klause E. Knorr
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429688024
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
First published in 1944, this volume covers the period of the old Empire and of the readjustments of the second Empire which followed the failure of the old after the revolt of the American colonies, ending with the emergence of free trade, and is significant to the history of the American colonies and of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Its purpose is to present and examine significant British colonial theories on the advantages and disadvantages resulting to the mother country from the establishment and maintenance of overseas colonies. This study is interested not in persons but in ideas and divides itself into chronological periods within which arguments and theories are discussed on the basis of topical classifications. For what reasons, the author asks, was the building and preservation of Empire thought profitable or unprofitable to the British nation?
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429688024
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
First published in 1944, this volume covers the period of the old Empire and of the readjustments of the second Empire which followed the failure of the old after the revolt of the American colonies, ending with the emergence of free trade, and is significant to the history of the American colonies and of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Its purpose is to present and examine significant British colonial theories on the advantages and disadvantages resulting to the mother country from the establishment and maintenance of overseas colonies. This study is interested not in persons but in ideas and divides itself into chronological periods within which arguments and theories are discussed on the basis of topical classifications. For what reasons, the author asks, was the building and preservation of Empire thought profitable or unprofitable to the British nation?
The True Meaning of the Fable of the Bees
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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The True Meaning of The Fable of the Bees
Author: Bernard de Mandeville
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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