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... say , the moral and political side of our science . In manuals where everything has to be condensed into a few pages , writers often confine themselves to the defini- tions and to the brief summary of a few general laws . Reduced to ...
... say , the moral and political side of our science . In manuals where everything has to be condensed into a few pages , writers often confine themselves to the defini- tions and to the brief summary of a few general laws . Reduced to ...
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Emile de Laveleye. dealing with human life ; that is to say , with philosophy , moral science , the traditions of the past , history and geography . Geography describes the positions of nations , and history relates their annals . No ...
Emile de Laveleye. dealing with human life ; that is to say , with philosophy , moral science , the traditions of the past , history and geography . Geography describes the positions of nations , and history relates their annals . No ...
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... say , to religion or philosophy . These discuss what are the nature and destiny of man , and the use individuals or societies make of their time and of their property depends on the idea which they form of man's destiny . The doctrines ...
... say , to religion or philosophy . These discuss what are the nature and destiny of man , and the use individuals or societies make of their time and of their property depends on the idea which they form of man's destiny . The doctrines ...
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... says an eminent French philosopher , François Huet , " is the science of moral perfection and worth , just as economy is the science of material comfort and value . " Ethics , in fact , determines what are our duties in relation to God ...
... says an eminent French philosopher , François Huet , " is the science of moral perfection and worth , just as economy is the science of material comfort and value . " Ethics , in fact , determines what are our duties in relation to God ...
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... say , it is morality in action . Ancient writers , such as Xenophon and Aristotle , understood by political economy certain rules which the state or the indi- vidual ought to follow in the pursuit of comfort and the employment of wealth ...
... say , it is morality in action . Ancient writers , such as Xenophon and Aristotle , understood by political economy certain rules which the state or the indi- vidual ought to follow in the pursuit of comfort and the employment of wealth ...
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