| Adam Smith - 1789 - 526 páginas
...philofbphers or men of fpeculation, whofe trade it is not to do any thing, but to obferve every thing; and who, upon that account, are often capable of combining together the powers of the moft diftant and diffimilar objects. In the progrefs of fociety, philofophy or fpeculation becomes,... | |
| Robert John Thornton - 1799 - 852 páginas
...philofophers, or men of fpeculation, whofe trade it is not to do any thing, but to obferve every thing ; and who, upon that account, are often capable of combining together the powers of the moft diftant and diffimilar objedts. — In the progrefs of fociety, pbilofophy or fpeculatim becomes,... | |
| Adam Smith - 1811 - 452 páginas
...philosophers or men of speculation, whose trade it is not to do any thing, but to observe every thing, and who, upon that account, are often capable of combining...the progress of society, philosophy or speculation beconjes, like every other employment, the principal or sole trade and occupation of a particular class... | |
| Adam Smith - 1812 - 520 páginas
...philofophers or men of fpeculation, whofe trade it is not to do any thing, but to obferve every thing ; and. who, upon that account, are often capable of combining together the powers of the moft diftant and diffimilar objects. In the progrefs of fociety, philofophy or fpeculation becomes,... | |
| Adam Smith - 1812 - 582 páginas
...philofophers or men of fpeculation, whofe trade it is not to do any thing, but to obferve every thing ; and who, upon that account, are often capable of combining together the powers of the moft diflant and diflimilar objects. In the progrefs of fociety, philofophy or fpeculation becomes,... | |
| Joseph Salway Eisdell - 1839 - 636 páginas
...of men of speculation, whose thoughts have been directed to observe everything within their reach, and who, upon that account, are often capable of combining...of the most distant and dissimilar objects. In the seventh place, the division of labour economizes capital, causes it to be almost always in employ and... | |
| Matteo Liberatore - 1891 - 342 páginas
...Wealth of Nations. Bk. I. Chapter 1. who are called philosophers or men of speculation, whose trade is not to do anything, but to observe everything,...together the powers of the most distant and dissimilar objects."1 50. The usefulness of machinery lies in lightening labour and making the powers of nature... | |
| Joseph Shield Nicholson - 1893 - 482 páginas
...division of labour. It is true that many improvements of a fundamental character have been due to " philosophers or men of speculation whose trade it...powers of the most distant and dissimilar objects." But when once a radical change has been introduced for its full development, it requires a continuous... | |
| Adam Smith - 1894 - 526 páginas
...in order to facilitate and quicken their own particular part of the work. In the first fire-engines, a boy was constantly employed to open and shut alternately...philosophy or speculation becomes, like every other employmeijt^lhe principal or sole trade and occupation of ap ticular_class of citizens. Like every... | |
| Hammond Lamont - 1894 - 220 páginas
...use the machines. Many improvements have been made by the ingenuity of the makers of the ma^5 chines, when to make them became the business of a peculiar...upon that account, are often capable of combining 30 together the powers of the most distant and dissimilar objects. In the progress of society, philosophy... | |
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