 | Joel Jay Kassiola - 1990 - 320 стор.
...the principle which prompts to save, is the desire of bettering our condition, a desire which thought generally calm and dispassionate comes with us from...womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave [compare this to Hobbes on the idea that it is only with death that the competitive urges cease]. In... | |
 | David Spadafora, James Spada - 1990 - 488 стор.
...every man is continually making to better his own condition," of that desire for amelioration which "comes with us from the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave." This, he argued, was "a principle . . . capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity,"... | |
 | Conrad Waligorski - 1990 - 280 стор.
...York: Modern Library, 1965), p. 508. See also p. 324: "[Tjhe desire of bettering our condition . . . comes with us from the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave." 21. See Friedrich A. Hayek, Law, Legislation and Liberty: A New Statement of the Liberal Principles... | |
 | Christopher Herbert - 1991 - 374 стор.
...condition" (WN 2:49). H This "desire of bettering our condition" is, he says, "a desire which . . . comes with us from the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave" (WAT 1:362-63). The proposition that compulsive desire lies at the base of social life goes back at... | |
 | Henry William Spiegel - 1991 - 904 стор.
...Smith's economics of self-reliance is grounded in "the desire of bettering our condition," a desire that "comes with us from the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave." To realize this desire, some will fawn upon their fellowmen and others will expect assistance from... | |
 | Pierre Guillet de Monthoux - 1993 - 332 стор.
...principle which prompts us to save, is the desire of bettering our condition, a desire which, though generally calm and dispassionate, comes with us from...the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave."35 It is this deep and usually calm propensity that allows people to overcome the casual hazards... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - 1993 - 664 стор.
...and should count upon: (a) the universal "desire of bettering our condition, a desire which, though generally calm and dispassionate, comes with us from...the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave";61 and (b) "the obvious and simple system of natural liberty" which would establish itself of... | |
 | Donald A. Schon, Lloyd Rodwin - 2011 - 396 стор.
...principles. Smith's famous account of self-interest — "the desire of bettering our condition . . . comes with us from the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave" — should thus be understood as much less than a theory of human behavior. His view seems to have... | |
 | Christopher J. Berry - 1994 - 294 стор.
...goes on to characterise significantly as a 'uniform, constant and uninterrupted' effort which, though 'generally calm and dispassionate comes with us from the womb and never leaves us til we go into the grave' ( WN: 341 ). How then, by contrast, does Hegel deal with needs? Hegel, in... | |
 | Jerry Z. Muller - 1995 - 292 стор.
...motivation to save came from that powerful "desire of bettering our condition, a desire which, though generally calm and dispassionate, comes with us from...womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave." 27 The real danger to commercial society posed by those who grew rich quickly and easily, lay in the... | |
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... the principle which prompts to expense is the passion for present enjoyment, which, though sometimes violent and very difficult to be restrained, is in general only momentary and occasional. But the principle which prompts to save is the desire of... 
