Why Government at All?: A Philosophical Examination of the Principles of Human Government, Involving an Analysis of the Constituents of Society, and a Consideration of the Principles and Purposes of All Human AssociationC.H. Kerr & Company, 1892 - 368 páginas |
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... Wealth 317 Effect Upon the Development of Indi- vidual Character 324 V. VI . Solution of the Woman Question Solution of the Race Question • 331 331 VII . Solution of Every Phase of the Social Question VIII . Conclusion Topical Index 345 ...
... Wealth 317 Effect Upon the Development of Indi- vidual Character 324 V. VI . Solution of the Woman Question Solution of the Race Question • 331 331 VII . Solution of Every Phase of the Social Question VIII . Conclusion Topical Index 345 ...
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... wealth is necessarily subject to the laws which govern wealth . Yet wealth is extremely perishable . From the time of its produc- tion it begins immediately to decay . Some forms of it will decay in a few days ; some in a few weeks ...
... wealth is necessarily subject to the laws which govern wealth . Yet wealth is extremely perishable . From the time of its produc- tion it begins immediately to decay . Some forms of it will decay in a few days ; some in a few weeks ...
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... wealth is money ; and monopoly has seized upon that just as it has upon everything else which it can con- trol , and by limiting the amount has been able to extort a price for its use . It differs in no respect from taxes and tariffs ...
... wealth is money ; and monopoly has seized upon that just as it has upon everything else which it can con- trol , and by limiting the amount has been able to extort a price for its use . It differs in no respect from taxes and tariffs ...
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... wealth , and the result is precisely the same . Capital has not been a factor in its production , and is not entitled to share in the proceeds . Is there then no such thing as capital ? I answer , yes , and no . In the sense of ...
... wealth , and the result is precisely the same . Capital has not been a factor in its production , and is not entitled to share in the proceeds . Is there then no such thing as capital ? I answer , yes , and no . In the sense of ...
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... wealth which pro- duces inequalities ? At the moment when wealth is produced , -when labor is impressed upon the material , and it takes on the form which we call wealth , then it is distributed ; and equitably so , for it is in the ...
... wealth which pro- duces inequalities ? At the moment when wealth is produced , -when labor is impressed upon the material , and it takes on the form which we call wealth , then it is distributed ; and equitably so , for it is in the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
action advantage association become bonds cause CHAPTER condition corporation crime criminal debt depends desires despotism destroy Edward Bellamy effect enforce equality erty evils fact farmers force freedom gratification greater growth happiness Henry Thomas Buckle Herbert Spencer honor human ignorance impossible increase individual character inequality injustice intelligence interest justice Karl Marx knowledge land landlord laws of property liberty love of distinction matter means ment monopolists monopoly morals mortgage motive natural natural rights necessary needs never obtain party persons police political politicians poor possession possible poverty present principle privilege produce Progress and Poverty promote protect Proudhon punishment question reform rent restraints result rich rights of property rulers says seek selfish single tax slave slavery social society surplus value thing Thomas Paine tion trade true Victor Hugo violate wages wealth whole Wilhelm Von Humboldt
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Página 160 - That principle is that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number is self-protection.
Página 165 - If all mankind, minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
Página 273 - A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another ; and as the mould in which it casts them is that which pleases the predominant power in the government, whether this be a monarch, a priesthood, an aristocracy, or the majority of the existing generation, in proportion as it is efficient and successful, it establishes a despotism over the mind, leading by natural tendency to one over the body.
Página 160 - He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise, or even right.
Página 41 - Let the parchments be ever so many, or possession ever so long, natural justice can recognize no right in one man to the possession and enjoyment of land that is not equally the right of all his fellows.
Página 310 - Formal government makes but a small part of civilized life; and when even the best that human wisdom can devise is established, it is a thing more in name and idea than in fact. It is to the great and fundamental principles of society and...
Página 128 - Humboldt, so eminent both as a savant and as a politician, made the text of a treatise — that "the end of man, or that which is prescribed by the eternal or immutable dictates of reason, and not suggested by vague and transient desires, is the highest and most harmonious development of his powers to a complete and consistent whole...
Página 160 - The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
Página 311 - If we consider what the principles are that first condense men into society, and what the motives that regulate their mutual intercourse afterwards, we shall find, by the time we arrive at what is called government, that nearly the whole of the business is performed by the natural operation of the parts upon each other.
Página 310 - The more perfect civilization is, the less occasion has it for government, because the more does it regulate its own affairs, and govern itself...