...contemporary importance of the new approach. Hume might declare in 1752: 'Not only as a man but also asa British subject, I pray for the flourishing commerce...of Germany, Spain, Italy and even France itself.' But it was to be a long time before many were found to share his faith. On the philosophical plane...

...same abject condition to which we had reduced them. I shall therefore venture to acknowledge, that, not only as a man, but as a British subject, I pray...enlarged and benevolent sentiments towards each other". DAVID HUME, Of the Jealousy of Trade. BIOGRAPHY WILHELM RÔPKE, Dr. rer. pol., Dr. honoris causa in...

...David Hume in an essay on the jealousy of Trade had gone counter to all mercantilist ideas in saying, "not only as a man, but as a British subject, I pray...of Germany, Spain, Italy, and even France itself," on the ground that all nations would flourish were their policies toward one another more "enlarged...

...sentiments" as the guide for relations among nation states: I shall therefore venture to acknowledge, that, not only as a man but as a British subject, I pray...enlarged and benevolent sentiments towards each other. Behind this proposition lay Hume's more general perception that closely knit societies depend ultimately...

...be its demand DISCORDANT CURRENTS these famous words: "I shall therefore venture to acknowledge that not only as a man but as a British subject I pray...of Germany, Spain, Italy, and even France itself." THE MIGRATION OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY In this optimistic and cosmopolitan view, the economic interests...

...of a scoundrel," is justly celebrated. See Boswell: Life of Johnson (under April 7, 1775), II, 348. subject, I pray for the flourishing commerce of GERMANY, SPAIN, ITALY, and even FRANCE itself."5 Captain Cook, the greatest explorer of the century, concluded the account of his second voyage...

...consequences of economic interaction. As Hume wrote in 1752, "1 shall therefore venture to acknowledge that not only as a man but as a British subject I pray...of Germany, Spain, Italy, and even France itself." David Hume, "Of the Jealously of Trade," in his Essays: Moral, Political and Literary (London: Oxford...

...diesem Zusammenhang fiel auch die bekannte Aussage: „I shall therefore venture to acknowledge, that, not only as a man, but as a BRITISH subject, I pray...commerce of GERMANY, SPAIN, ITALY, and even FRANCE itself (1758/ 1777/1875, 348). 5 Trotz seiner entschiedenen Ablehnung und Kritik des Merkantilismus gelang...

...and forces. Though he shows traces of Mercantilism he had a good understanding of foreign trade. " Not only as a man but as a British subject I pray...of Germany, Spain, Italy and even France itself." Everything that is useful to man springs from the ground; but 1 See WR Scott's Francis Hutckeson. 1...

...Works, iii. 324, 'Interest.' ' Ib. iii. 343. * Ib. vi. 88. * Ib. iii. 353, ' Balance of Trade.' merce of Germany, Spain, Italy, and even France itself. I am at least certain,' he adds, ' that Great Britain and all those nations would flourish more did their sovereigns and ministers...