...put men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason; because we suspect that the stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would...general bank and capital of nations and of ages." Contrasting the attitudes of English "men of speculation" to French "literary men and politicians,"...

...put men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason, because we suspect that this stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would...of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages."1 These ideas (due to Hadley and the pragmatists) provide the key to understanding an important...

...put men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason; because we suspect that this stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would...do better to avail themselves of the general bank of capital of nations and ages."12 Clinton Rossiter affirms the indispensability and sanctity of inherited...

...reason; because we suspect that this stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would be better to avail themselves of the general bank and...sagacity to discover the latent wisdom which prevails in them.62 If they find what they seek, and they seldom fail, they think it more wise to continue the...

...put men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason; because we suspect that this stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would...general bank and capital of nations, and of ages. (RF, 183; italics mine) In developing his case for a society based on conscious and collective prejudice...

...pui men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason, because we suspect that this s10ck in each man is small, and that the individuals would...nations and of ages. Many of our men of speculation [and here he was no doubt thinking of David Hume and Adam Smith], instead of exploding general prejudices,...

...put men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason; because we suspect that the stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would...of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages."6 Things work reasonably well right now; people have been ironing out problems for centuries;...

...on his own private stock of reason; because we suspect that the stock in each man is small, and that individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages.58 They will celebrate the fact that the social order depends for its efficacy on a degree of...

...and proved useful. He suspected that "our stock of reason" is "small, and that individuals would be better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages" (24). Tradition, to Burke, then becomes a prime source of our reasoning. With his firm belief on tradition...

...men to live and trade each upon his own private stock of reason; because we suspect that this stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would...discover the latent wisdom which prevails in them. 24 Moreover, even if change brings progress in some matters, it also brings losses. The conservative...