 | Henry Charles Carey - Economics - 1837 - 1158 pages
...economy may then,' he says, ' be defined as follows : ' and the definition seems to be complete. ' The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...not modified by the pursuit of any other object.' It is here supposed, that the principle of population is interpolated into the science on account of... | |
 | Friedrich List - Economics - 1856 - 524 pages
...end." The author then arrives at another definition, which, in his view, " seems to be complete :" " The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...not modified by the pursuit of any other object." — (pp. 130 to 140.) This highly elaborated definition of JS Mill, drawn up after having freely admitted... | |
 | Georg Friedrich List - 1856 - 528 pages
...end." The author then arrives at another definition, which, in his view, " seems to be complete :" " The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...not modified by the pursuit of any other object." — (pp. 130 to 140.) This highly elaborated definition of JS Mill, drawn up after having freely admitted... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - 1857 - 204 pages
...philosopher." Finally he gives (p. 140) the following definition as fulfilling the required conditions, viz : " The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...mankind for the production of wealth, in so far. as these phenomena are not modified by the pursuit of any other object." My reasons for not adopting this... | |
 | Stephen Colwell - 1867 - 104 pages
...end." The author then arrives at another definition, which, in his view, " seems to be complete :" " The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...not modified by the pursuit of any other object." — (pp. 130 to 140.) This highly elaborated definition of JS Mill, drawn up after having freely admitted... | |
 | John Elliot Cairnes - Business & Economics - 1869 - 208 pages
...philosopher." Finally he gives (p. 140) the following definition as fulfilling the required conditions, viz : " The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...mankind for the production of wealth, in so far as these phenomena are not modified by the pursuit of any other object." My reasons for not adopting this... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Business & Economics - 1874 - 208 pages
...Political Economy, then, may be defined as follows ; and the definition seems to be complete : — " The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...not modified by the pursuit of any other object." But while this is a correct definition of Political Economy as a portion of the field of science, the... | |
 | Palaestra Oxoniensis - 1879 - 176 pages
...of wealth so far as they depend upon the laws of human nature ; ' or, as a complete definition : ' The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...not modified by the pursuit of any other object.' — jf. S. Mill, Essays on some Unsettled Questions in Political Economy, 2nd edit, 133, 140. (JS Mill... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1884 - 512 pages
...on the operations and functions of the different parts of the social body;' John Stuart Mill, as 4he science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena...not modified by the pursuit of any other object.' The definition of Maltluis pi ves it a wider range than is conceded to it by M'Culloch, extending it... | |
 | John Neville Keynes - Economics - 1891 - 390 pages
...and does not turn aside towards other ends. In accordance with this view, political economy is denned as " the science which traces the laws of such of...not modified by the pursuit of any other object". 1 It is admitted that the 1 Unsettled Questions of Political Economy, p. 140. Bagehot, in his Economic... | |
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The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena of society as arise from the combined operations of mankind for the production of wealth, in so far as those phenomena are not modified by the pursuit of any other object. 
