By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain; and he is in this, as in many... University of California Chronicle - Стр. 201921Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Adam Smith - 2007 - Страниц: 597
...directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value> he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other...was no part of it By pursuing his own interest he fre» quently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote... | |
| Ron Lipsman - 2007 - Страниц: 300
...directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other...it always the worse for the society that it was no pan of it. By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of society more effectually than... | |
| Paul McCulley, Jonathan Fuerbringer - 2007 - Страниц: 258
...directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other...part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for society that it was no part of his intention. By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that... | |
| Philip Kitcher Professor of Philosophy Columbia University - 2007 - Страниц: 210
...directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other...part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for society that it is no part of it. By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of the society... | |
| Thorstein Veblen - 2007 - Страниц: 521
...directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain ; and he is in this, as in many other...part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own 114 In the proposition that men are " led by... | |
| Jon Elster - 2007 - Страниц: 422
...directs his "industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other...part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of the... | |
| John Malcolm Dowling, Chin-Fang Yap - 2007 - Страниц: 459
...the public interest, nor know how much he is promoting it... He intends only his own gain, and his is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible...which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always worse for the society that was no part of it. By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that... | |
| Bryan Caplan - 2008 - Страниц: 293
...the many. Smith, being well aware of this fact, tries to shock readers out of their dogmatic slumber: "By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes...effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the publick good."34 Business... | |
| David A. Reisman - 2009 - Страниц: 369
...where the shoe pinches. The gain-seeking salesman knows whom he has to satisfy in order to live well: 'By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes...effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good' (Smith, 1961... | |
| Immanuel Kant - 2007 - Страниц: 20
...individual is "led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. . . . By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes...effectually than when he really intends to promote it."22 But note the extremely large claims Kant makes on behalf of our unsociability. It is held to... | |
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