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Adam Smith [smɪθ], FRSA , war ein schottischer Moralphilosoph und Aufklärer und gilt als Begründer der klassischen Nationalökonomie.



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✵ 5. Juni 1723 – 17. Juli 1790
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„Keine Kunst lernt eine Regierung schneller als die, Geld aus den Taschen der Leute zu ziehen.“

Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations, Book V

„Für wie selbstsüchtig man den Menschen auch halten mag, es gibt nachweislich einige Grundlagen seines Wesens, die dazu führen, dass er sich für das Schicksal anderer interessiert, deren Glück ihm notwendig erscheint, obwohl er nichts davon hat außer dem Vergnügen, es zu sehen.“

Adam Smith

Die Theorie der ethischen Gefühle

„Was man Zuneigung nennt, ist in Wirklichkeit nichts andres als Sympathie der Gewohnheit.“

Adam Smith

Theorie der moralischen Empfindungen

„Ein Mensch, der sich kein Eigenthum erwerben kann, hat kein anderes Interesse, als so viel zu essen und so wenig zu arbeiten, als möglich.“

Adam Smith

Untersuchungen über die Natur und die Ursachen des Nationalreichthums. Aus dem Englischen der vierten Ausgabe neu übersetzt. Zweyter Band. Breslau 1794. S. 206 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=XzdFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA206
Original engl.: "A person who can acquire no property, can have no other interest but to eat as much, and to labour as little as possible." - The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book III Chapter 2: Of the Discouragement of Agriculture in the ancient State of Europe after the Fall of the Roman Empire. en.wikisource http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations/Book_III/Chapter_2
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)

„Es ist nicht die Wohltätigkeit des Metzgers, des Brauers oder des Bäckers, die uns unser Abendessen erwarten lässt, sondern dass sie nach ihrem eigenen Vorteil trachten.“

Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations, Book I

„Keine Gesellschaft kann gedeihen und glücklich sein, in der der weitaus größte Teil ihrer Mitglieder arm und elend ist.“

Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations, Book I

Adam Smith Zitate und Sprüche

„Es gibt keine Kunst, welche eine Regierung schneller von der andern lernt, als die, dem Volke Geld aus der Tasche zu locken.“

Adam Smith

zitiert in Staats-Lexikon oder Encyklopädie der Staatswissenschaften, herausgegeben von Carl von Rotteck und Karl [Theodor] Welcker. Funfzehnter Band. Altona 1843. Sichwort: Stempel S. 159 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=IzUNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA159

The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book V Chapter 2 Part 2: Of Taxes. en.wikisource http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations/Book_V/Chapter_2
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)

Über Geld , Über Kunst

„Für wie selbstsüchtig man den Menschen auch halten mag, es gibt nachweislich einige Grundlagen seines Wesens, die dazu führen, dass er sich für das Schicksal anderer interessiert, deren Glück ihm notwendig erscheint, obwohl er nichts davon hat außer dem Vergnügen, es zu sehen." - Die Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
"So eigensüchtig wir uns den Menschen auch denken mögen, so müssen wir doch zugeben, daß eine gewisse natürliche Stimmung seines Herzens ihn nöthige, an dem Schicksal seiner Brüder Theil zu nehmen, und ihr Glück als ein unumgängliches Erforderniß zu seinem eigenen Glück zu betrachten, sollt' er auch nichts anders davon haben, als das Vergnügen, es mit anzusehn.“

Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle

Theorie der sittlichen Gefühle. Übersetzt von Ludwig Theobul Kosegarten. Leipzig 1791 S. 3 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=2P0AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3
"How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it." - The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part I Section I Chapter I: Of Sympathy (Der erste Satz des Buches). en.wikisource http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Theory_of_Moral_Sentiments/Part_I
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)

Stimmung , Gefühl , Herz , Denken

„Keine Kunst lernt eine Regierung schneller als die, Geld aus den Taschen der Leute zu ziehen." - The Wealth of Nations, Book V
"Es gibt keine Kunst, welche eine Regierung schneller von der andern lernt, als die, dem Volke Geld aus der Tasche zu locken“

Adam Smith

zitiert in Staats-Lexikon oder Encyklopädie der Staatswissenschaften, herausgegeben von Carl von Rotteck und Karl [Theodor] Welcker. Funfzehnter Band. Altona 1843. Sichwort: Stempel S. 159 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=IzUNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA159
Original engl.: "There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people." - The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book V Chapter 2 Part 2: Of Taxes. en.wikisource http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations/Book_V/Chapter_2
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)

Über Geld , Über Kunst

„Keine Gesellschaft kann gedeihen und glücklich sein, in der der weitaus größte Teil ihrer Mitglieder arm und elend ist. Es kann sicherlich eine Gesellschaft nicht blühend und glücklich sein, deren meiste Glieder arm und elend sind.“

Adam Smith buch Der Wohlstand der Nationen

Untersuchungen über das Wesen und die Ursachen des Nationalreichthums. Deutsch von Max Stirner. Erster Band. Leipzig 1846. S. 110 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=iidFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA110

Original engl.: "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." - The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book I Chapter 8: Of the Wages of Labour. en.wikisource http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations/Book_I/Chapter_8)
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)

„Es ist nicht die Wohltätigkeit des Metzgers, des Brauers oder des Bäckers, die uns unser Abendessen erwarten lässt, sondern dass sie nach ihrem eigenen Vorteil trachten." - The Wealth of Nations, Book I
"Nicht von dem Wohlwollen des Fleischers, Brauers oder Bäckers erwarten wir unsere Mahlzeit, sondern von ihrer Bedachtnahme auf ihr eigenes Interesse.“

Adam Smith buch Der Wohlstand der Nationen

Untersuchungen über das Wesen und die Ursachen des Nationalreichthums. Deutsch von Max Stirner. Erster Band. Leipzig 1846. S. 26 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=iidFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA26
Original engl.: "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest." - The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book I Chapter 2: Of the Principle which gives Occasion to the Division of Labour. en.wikisource http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations/Book_I/Chapter_2
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)

„Was man Zuneigung nennt, ist in Wirklichkeit nichts andres als Sympathie der Gewohnheit." - Theorie der moralischen Empfindungen
"Was man Zuneigung nennt, ist in Wirklichkeit nichts anderes als eingewurzelte, gewohnheitsmäßige Sympathie.“

Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle

Theorie der ethischen Gefühle. Deutsch von Walther Eckstein (1926). Felix Meiner Hamburg 2010 S. 357 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=YJklX6GnvoYC&pg=PT423
Original engl.: "What is called affection, is in reality nothing but habitual sympathy." - The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part VI Section II Chapter I: Of the Order in which Individuals are recommended by Nature to our care and attention. en.wikisource http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Theory_of_Moral_Sentiments/Part_VI
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)

Wirklichkeit

„Jeder Mann lebt vom Austausch.“

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Über Männer

„Der Wert, den die Arbeiter hinzufügen.“

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Adam Smith: Zitate auf Englisch

“A man must be perfectly crazy who, where there is tolerable security, does not employ all the stock which he commands,…”

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Quelle: (1776), Book II, Chapter I, p. 313 (see opportunity cost).

“Though the principles of the banking trade may appear somewhat abstruse, the practice is capable of being reduced to strict rules. To depart upon any occasion from these rules, in consequence of some flattering speculation of extraordinary gain, is almost always extremely dangerous, and frequently fatal to the banking company which attempts it.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book V, Chapter I, Part III, p. 820.

“The man who esteems himself as he ought, and no more than he ought, seldom fails to obtain from other people all the esteem that he himself thinks due. He desires no more than is due to him, and he rests upon it with complete satisfaction.”

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Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle

Section III.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part VI

“What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book IV, Chapter II, p. 490.

“The importation of gold and silver is not the principal, much less the sole benefit which a nation derives from its foreign trade.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book IV, Chapter I, p. 479.

“In the long-run the workman may be as necessary to his master as his master is to him, but the necessity is not so immediate.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter VIII, p. 80.

“It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end than that performed by slaves.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter VIII.

“It is unjust that the whole of society should contribute towards an expence of which the benefit is confined to a part of the society.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book V, Chapter I, Part IV, Conclusion, p. 881.

“The education of the common people requires, perhaps, in a civilized and commercial society, the attention of the public more than that of people of some rank and fortune.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book V, Chapter I, Part III, p. 845.

“But bounty and hospitality very seldom lead to extravagance; though vanity almost always does.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book V, Chapter III, Part V, p. 987.

“The man who employs either his labour or his stock in a grater variety of ways than his situation renders necessary, can never hurt his neighbour by underselling him. He may hurt himself, and he generally does so. Jack of all trades will never be rich, says the proverb. But the law ought always to trust people with the care of their own interest, as in their local situations they must generally be able to judge better of it than the legislator can do.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book IV, Chapter V, Digression, p. 572.

“The liberal reward of labour, therefore, as it is the affect of increasing wealth, so it is the cause of increasing population. To complain of it, is to lament over the necessary effect and cause of the greatest public prosperity.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter VIII, p. 97.

“But though empires, like all the other works of men, have all hitherto proved mortal, yet every empire aims at immortality.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book V, Chapter II, Part II, p. 896.

“Hatred and anger are the greatest poison to the happiness of a good mind.”

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Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle

Section II, Chap. III.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part I

“When the act of navigation was made, though England and Holland were not actually at war, the most violent animosity subsisted between the two nations. … It is not impossible, therefore, that some of the regulations of this famous act may have proceeded from national animosity. They are as wise, however, as if they had all been dictated by the most deliberate wisdom. National animosity at that particular time aimed at the very same object which the most deliberate wisdom would have recommended, the diminution of the naval power of Holland, the only naval power which could endanger the security of England.”

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Quelle: The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book IV, Chapter II

“China is a much richer country than any part of Europe.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter XI, Part III, (First Period) p. 221.

“The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security is so powerful a principle that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often incumbers its operations; though the effect of these obstructions is always more or less either to encroach upon its freedom, or to diminish its security.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book IV, Chapter V, paragraph 82.

“For in every country of the world, I believe, the avarice and injustice of princes and sovereign states, abusing the confidence of their subjects, have by degrees diminished the real quantity of metal, which had been originally contained in their coins.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter IV, p. 34.

“The annual produce of the land and labour of any nation can be increased in its value by no other means, but by increasing either the number of its productive labourers, or the productive powers of those labourers who had before been employed.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book II, Chapter III, p. 377.

“When profit diminishes, merchants are very apt to complain that trade decays; though the diminution of profit is the natural effect of its prosperity, or of a greater stock being employed in it than before.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter IX

“When national debts have once been accumulated to a certain degree, there is scarce, I believe, a single instance of their having been fairly and completely paid. The liberation of the public revenue, if it has ever been brought about at all, has always been brought about by bankruptcy; sometimes by an avowed one, but always by a real one, though frequently by a pretend payment.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book V, Chapter III, Part V, p. 1012.

“Monopoly of one kind or another, indeed, seems to be the sole engine of the mercantile system.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book IV, Chapter VII, Part Third, p. 684.

“IV. Every tax ought to be contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book V, Chapter II, Part II, p. 893.

“How many people ruin themselves by laying out money on trinkets of frivolous utility? What pleases these lovers of toys is not so much the utility, as the aptness of the machines which are fitted to promote it. All their pockets are stuffed with little conveniences. They contrive new pockets, unknown in the clothes of other people, in order to carry a greater number. They walk about loaded with a multitude of baubles, in weight and sometimes in value not inferior to an ordinary Jew's-box, some of which may sometimes be of some little use, but all of which might at all times be very well spared, and of which the whole utility is certainly not worth the fatigue of bearing the burden.”

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Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle

Chap. I.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part IV

“There seem, however, to be two cases in which it will generally be advantageous to lay some burden upon foreign, for the encouragement of domestic industry. The first is, when some particular sort of industry is necessary for the defence of the country. The defence of Great Britain, for example, depends very much upon the number of its sailors and shipping. The act of navigation, therefore, very properly endeavours to give the sailors and shipping of Great Britain the monopoly of the trade of their own country, in some cases, by absolute prohibitions, and in others by heavy burdens upon the shipping of foreign countries.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book IV, Chapter II

“With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches, which in their eye is never so complete as when they appear to possess those decisive marks of opulence which nobody can possess but themselves.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter XI, Part II, p. 202 (See also Thorstein Veblen).

“There is not a negro from the coast of Africa who does not, in this respect, possess a degree of magnanimity which the soul of his sordid master is too often scarce capable of conceiving. Fortune never exerted more cruelly her empire over mankind, than when she subjected those nations of heroes to the refuse of the jails of Europe, to wretches who possess the virtues neither of the countries which they come from, nor of those which they go to, and whose levity, brutality, and baseness, so justly expose them to the contempt of the vanquished.”

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Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle

Chap. II.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part V

“This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and powerful, and to despise or, at least, neglect persons of poor and mean conditions, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is, at the same time, the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.”

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Section III, Chap. II.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part I

“As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.”

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Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter VI, p. 60.

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