...consequence of the faculties of reason and speech, it belongs not to our present subject to inquire. It is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals, which seem to know neither this nor any other species of contracts. . . . Man has almost constant occasion...

...the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another." " It is," he goes on to say, " common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals, which seem to know neither this nor any other species of contracts." And then, by way of illustration, he...

...in human nature a certain " propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another," which is " common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals, which seem to know neither this nor any other species of contracts." Without the recognition of this species...

...consequence of the faculties of reason and speech, it belongs not to our present subject to inquire. It is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals, which seem to know neither this nor any other species of contracts. " As it is by treaty, by barter, and...

...such extensive utility; ie the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another. . . . It is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals, which seem to know neither this nor any other species of contracts. . . . Nobody ever saw a dog make a fair...

...such extensive utility; ie the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another. . . . It is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals, The principle which seem to know neither this nor any other species of contrasts, . . . Nobody ever...

...there is the alternative of aggression, if fear does not forbid. But man bargains ; this propensity is "common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals. ' ' And this capacity to bargain, ie, to surrender what one wants less, in order to gain what one wants...

...consequence of the faculties of reason and speech, it belongs not to our present subject to enquire. 1 1 is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals, which seem to know neither this nor any other species of contracts. Two greyhounds, in running down the same...

...beginning of the work in the opening paragraph of Chapter II.4 According to Smith, this propensity " is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals." Smith then goes out of his way to underline that the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange is the...

...For Adam Smith, commodity exchange was the defining characteristic of people. He argued that it was 'common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals' (1776: 12). It was a natural form of exchange for people to engage in according to Smith. 104 Marx's...