 | Donald N. Levine - 1995 - 379 стор.
...natural human disposition to save, based on "the desire of bettering our condition, a desire which . . . comes with us from the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave" ([1776] 1976, 1:362). Left to themselves, these two naturally grounded dispositions — to better our... | |
 | John Leonard - 1996 - 94 стор.
...bettering our condition, a desire which, though generally calm and dispassionate, comes with us from he womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave....there is scarce perhaps a single instant in which 27 any man is so perfectly and completely satisfied with his situation, as to be without any wish of... | |
 | Donald Winch - 1996 - 452 стор.
...to barter, like 'the desire of bettering our condition' is 'a desire which, though generally cairn and dispassionate, comes with us from the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave'. 41 This is as true of the history of the human race as it is of individuals. The opportunity to pursue... | |
 | Robert L. Heilbroner - 1996 - 376 стор.
...[T]he principle which prompts to save is the 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 . . . An augmentation of fortune is the means by which the greater part of men propose and wish to... | |
 | 276 стор.
...for human betterment is reflected in a "desire of bettering our condition, a desire which, although generally calm and dispassionate, comes with us from the womb and never leaves us till we go to the grave. . . . There is scarce perhaps a signal instant in which any man is so perfectly and completely... | |
 | Simon Marginson - 1997 - 306 стор.
...discussed in the chapter. PART I THE MODERN CITIZEN 1960-1975 "The desire of bettering our condition . .. comes with us from the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave.' Adam Smith, The wealth of nations, Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1776/1979, p. 441. In the long economic... | |
 | Jacques Gélinas - 1998 - 196 стор.
...The principle which prompts to save, is the 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. (Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 1 776) The debate today... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1982 - 582 стор.
...a basic human drive which was linked to the desire to better 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' (WN , II.iii.28); a drive which involves 'unrelenting industry' (TMS, IV. 1.8) and sacrif1ces which... | |
 | Walter A. Weisskopf - 1955 - 276 стор.
...the principle which prompts 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 to the grave. . . . An augmentation of fortune is the means by which the greater part of men propose... | |
 | Charles L. Griswold - 1999 - 430 стор.
...Wealth of Nations insists even more strongly that "the desire of bettering our condition" is one that "comes with us from the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave."1' Smith argues that properly channeled (eg, within the constraints of justice and of efficient... | |
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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... 
