 | Adam Smith - 1786 - Страниц: 538
...individual is continually exerting himfelf to find out the moft advantageous employVOL. II. N ment K ment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the fociety, which he has in view. But the ftudy of his own advantage naturally, or rather neceflarily... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - Страниц: 852
...is continually exerting himfelf to find out the mofl advantageous employVOL. in. N merit BOOK ment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the fociety, which he has in view. But the ftudy of his own advantage naturally, or rather neceflarily... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1824 - Страниц: 1090
...celebrated writers, Smith, Hume, Paley, and Malthus, are uniform. Dr. Adam Smith (2) observes, that " every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment: it is his Own advantage indeed, and not that of society, which he has in view; but the study of his... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1826 - Страниц: 302
...would have gone of its own accord. Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out 4he most advantageous employment for whatever capital...command. It is his own advantage indeed, and not that of -society that he has in view; but this necessarily leads him to prefer that employment which is most... | |
 | John Gray - 1831 - Страниц: 400
...advan" tageous methods of employing his capital " and labour. It is true that it is his own " advantage, and not that of the society, " which he has in view ; but a society being " nothing more than a collection of indivi" duals, it is plain that each, in steadily... | |
 | Daniel Bishop - 1835 - Страниц: 748
...advantageous methods of employing his capital and labour. It is true, that it is his own advantage, and not that of the society, which he has in view ; but a society being nothing more than a collection of individuals, it is plain that each, in steadily pursuing... | |
 | William Atkinson - 1838 - Страниц: 96
...following argument, which occurs at the bottom of the same page from which the last quotation is made : " Every individual is continually exerting himself to...own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, that he has in view. But the study of his own advantage, naturally, or rather necessarily, leads him... | |
 | 1842 - Страниц: 678
...examined and pondered upon. It is as follows: — 'Every individual is continually exerting himself lo find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is hi* own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, that he has in view; hut the study of hi«... | |
 | Truth-seeker and present age - 1849 - Страниц: 540
...supreme. The ' let-alone ' policy is best defended by stating the prineiples upon which it is founded. , Every individual is continually exerting himself to...is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the socicty, which he has in vicw. But the stndy of his own advantage, naturally, or rather necessarily,... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1849 - Страниц: 686
...advantageous methods of employing his capital and labour. It is true that it is his own advantage, and not that of the society, which he has in view ; but a society being merely a collection of individuals, it is plain that each, in steadily pursuing his... | |
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Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally... 
