An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 第 1 卷Mundell, Doig, and Stevenson, Edinburgh, 1809 |
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... regard to , or foresight of , their consequences upon the general wel- fare of the society ; yet they have given occasion to very different theories of political economy ; of which some A 2 INTRODUCTION . supply must depend, during the ...
... regard to , or foresight of , their consequences upon the general wel- fare of the society ; yet they have given occasion to very different theories of political economy ; of which some A 2 INTRODUCTION . supply must depend, during the ...
第 19 頁
... regard to their own interest . We address ourselves , not to their humanity , but to their self - love , and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages . Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the ...
... regard to their own interest . We address ourselves , not to their humanity , but to their self - love , and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages . Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the ...
第 20 頁
... regard to his own interest , therefore , the making of bows and arrows grows to be his chief business , and he becomes a sort of armourer . Another excels in making the frames and covers of their little huts or moveable houses . He is ...
... regard to his own interest , therefore , the making of bows and arrows grows to be his chief business , and he becomes a sort of armourer . Another excels in making the frames and covers of their little huts or moveable houses . He is ...
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... regard to the denomination of the coin . Six shillings and eight pence , for example , in the time of Edward I , 1 consider as the same money price with a pound ster- ling in the present times ; because it contained , as near- ly as we ...
... regard to the denomination of the coin . Six shillings and eight pence , for example , in the time of Edward I , 1 consider as the same money price with a pound ster- ling in the present times ; because it contained , as near- ly as we ...
第 65 頁
... . His wages properly express the value of this labour of inspection and direction . Though in settling them some regard is had commonly , not VOL . I. E only to his labour and skill , but to the CH . VI . 65 PRICE OF COMMODITIES .
... . His wages properly express the value of this labour of inspection and direction . Though in settling them some regard is had commonly , not VOL . I. E only to his labour and skill , but to the CH . VI . 65 PRICE OF COMMODITIES .
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第 177 頁 - People of the same trade seldom meet together even for merriment and diversion but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public or in some contrivance to raise prices.
第 19 頁 - It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.
第 75 頁 - The market price of every particular commodity is regulated by the proportion between the quantity which is actually brought to market, and the demand of those who are willing to pay the natural price of the commodity...
第 167 頁 - The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man...
第 21 頁 - The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature, as from habit, custom, and education.
第 66 頁 - As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
第 134 頁 - THE whole of the advantages and disadvantages of the different employments of labour and stock* must, in the same neighbourhood, be either perfectly equal, or continually tending to equality.
第 18 頁 - Whether this propensity be one of those original principles in human nature, of which no further account can be given; or whether, as seems more probable, it be the necessary consequence of the faculties of reason and speech, it belongs not to our present subject to enquire.
第 14 頁 - Each individual becomes more expert in his own peculiar branch, more work is done upon the whole, and the quantity of science is considerably increased by it.
第 2 頁 - ... than the greater part of those who work; yet the produce of the whole labour of the society is so great, that all are often abundantly supplied, and a workman, even of the lowest and poorest order, if he is frugal and industrious, may enjoy a greater share of the necessaries and conveniences of life than it is possible for any savage to acquire.