 The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the opinions and feelings of the ruling portion of the community make them, and are very different in different ages and countries;...  Varieties of Scientific Experience - Page 338by Lewis S. FeuerLimited preview - About this book
 | John Stuart Mill - Business & Economics - 1848 - 622 pages
...laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the opinions and feelings of the community make them, and are very different...countries; and might be still more different, if mankind so chose. The opinions and feelings of mankind, doubtless, are not a matter of chance. They are consequences... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1848 - 794 pages
...the possession. The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the opinions and feelings of the community make them, and are very different in different ages and countries ; and might be still more... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 594 pages
...always what the opinions and wishes of the community make them ; are very different in * Vol. ip 226. different ages and countries ; and might be still more different if mankind so chose. We have already mentioned that Mr. Mill adheres to the usual division of the instruments of... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1852 - 672 pages
...the possession. The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the...countries; and might be still more different, if mankind so chose. The opinions and feelings of mankind, doubtless, are not a matter of chance. They are consequences... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1852 - 640 pages
...the possession. The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the...countries; and might be still more different, if mankind so chose. The opinions and feelings of mankind, doubtless, are not a matter of chance. They are consequences... | |
 | William M'Combie - Capital - 1852 - 116 pages
...disturbed in possession. The distribution of wealth, then, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the opinions and feelings of the * Political Economy, vol. ip 246. community make them " — often hitherto rather what the opinions... | |
 | George Drysdale - Birth control - 1861 - 616 pages
...as they like. . . The distribution of wealth therefore depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined are what the opinions...countries; and might be still more different if mankind so chose." From these remarks we can see the error of those socialist writers who assert that the laws... | |
 | George Drysdale - 1861 - 622 pages
...as they like. . . The distribution of wealth therefore depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined are what the opinions...; and might be still more different if mankind so chose." From these remarks we can see the error of those socialist writers who assert that the laws... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1858 - 576 pages
...laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined are what the opinion and feeling's of the community make them, and are very different...countries, and might be still more different if mankind so chose.'* Mr. Mill differs therefore more than Mr. M'Culloch from the Physiocrats as to distribution.... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1870 - 632 pages
...the possession. The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the...countries ; and might be still more different, if mankind BO chose. The opinions and feelings of mankind, doubtless, are not a matter of chance. They are consequences... | |
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