 | Adam Smith - 1786 - 538 ページ
...individual is continually exerting himfelf to find out the moft advantageous employVOL. II. N ment K ment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the fociety, which he has in view. But the ftudy of his own advantage naturally, or rather neceflarily... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1789 - 550 ページ
...EVERY individual is continually exerting himfclf to find out the moft advantageous employBOOK ment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the fociety, which he has in view. But the ftudy of his own advantage naturally, or rather necefTarily... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1801 - 362 ページ
...have gone of its own accord. Every individual is continually exerting himfelf to find out the moft advantageous employment for whatever capital he can...is his own advantage , indeed , and not that of the fociety, which he has in view. But the ftudy of his own advantage naturally , or rather neceffarily... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 538 ページ
...employed by all the members of a great society must bear a certain proportion to the whole capital of the society, and never can exceed that proportion. No...for whatever capital he can command. It is his own ad vantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 852 ページ
...is continually exerting himfelf to find out the mofl advantageous employVOL. in. N merit BOOK ment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the fociety, which he has in view. But the ftudy of his own advantage naturally, or rather neceflarily... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1824 - 1090 ページ
...celebrated writers, Smith, Hume, Paley, and Malthus, are uniform. Dr. Adam Smith (2) observes, that " every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment: it is his Own advantage indeed, and not that of society, which he has in view; but the study of his... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1826 - 302 ページ
...would have gone of its own accord. Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out 4he most advantageous employment for whatever capital...command. It is his own advantage indeed, and not that of -society that he has in view; but this necessarily leads him to prefer that employment which is most... | |
 | John Gray - 1831 - 400 ページ
...advan" tageous methods of employing his capital " and labour. It is true that it is his own " advantage, and not that of the society, " which he has in view ; but a society being " nothing more than a collection of indivi" duals, it is plain that each, in steadily... | |
 | Daniel Bishop - 1835 - 748 ページ
...advantageous methods of employing his capital and labour. It is true, that it is his own advantage, and not that of the society, which he has in view ; but a society being nothing more than a collection of individuals, it is plain that each, in steadily pursuing... | |
 | William Atkinson - 1838 - 96 ページ
...following argument, which occurs at the bottom of the same page from which the last quotation is made : " Every individual is continually exerting himself to...own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, that he has in view. But the study of his own advantage, naturally, or rather necessarily, leads him... | |
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Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally... 
