...propositions on which, in the author's view, the whole science is founded. These are, in his language — M. That every man desires to obtain additional wealth with as little sacrifice as possible. ' 2. That the population of the world, or, in other words, the number of persons inhabiting it, is...

...founds the whole science of political economy on a moral propensity in man, in his first axiom : " Every man desires to obtain additional wealth with as little sacrifice as possible." — Outline, p. 139. of man's place on earth as the favoured creature of Heaven, the deputed master...

...founds the whole science of political economy on a moral propensity in man, in his first axiom : " Every man desires to obtain additional wealth with as little sacrifice as possible."—Outline, p. 139. B 2 of man's place on earth as the favoured creature of Heaven, the deputed...

...of Wealth considered, . . .22 STATEMENT OF THE FOUR ELEMENTARY PROPOSITIONS OF THE SCIENCE :— 1. That every man desires to obtain additional Wealth with as little sacrifice as possible. 2. That the Population of the world, or, in other words, the number of persons inhabiting it, is limited...

...the result of observation or consciousness. The propositions to which wa then alluded are these. " 1. That every man desires to obtain additional wealth with as little sacrifice as possible. " 2. That the Population of the world, or in other words the number of persons inhabiting it, is limited...

...question whether the chief of the four elementary propositions upon which Mr. Senior bases the science — that every man desires to obtain additional wealth with as little sacrifice as possible — approaches closer and closer to reality. It is also a circumstance which hinders considerably profitable...

...considered, ..... 22 STATEMENT OF THE FOUR ELEMENTARY PROPOSITIONS OF THE SCIENCE:— ft /* I. Tliat every man desires to obtain additional Wealth with as little sacrifice as possible. II. That the Population of the world, or, in other words, the number of persons inhabiting it, .is...

....^ícocrmatm fudje mit míglii^ít gerinä« Яц{сргсгапз тсдПфЙе Scrciitrunj ;u trlangtn' (that every man desires to obtain additional wealth with as little sacrifice as possible). — Crcufcbcn frfetmt »la grande loi économique« im »produire aux moindres frais possibles la plus...

..."are comprised in a few general propositions," of which the first and fundamental one is stated to be "that every man desires to obtain additional wealth with as little sacrifice as possible." By the desire for wealth, he explains, that he does not mean that everybody, or indeed anybody, wishes...

...and it may be well to quote his statement in this place. The propositions alluded to are these : " I. That every man desires to obtain additional wealth with as little sacrifice as possible. "II. That the population of the world, or, in other words, the number of persons inhabiting it, is...