„Keine Kunst lernt eine Regierung schneller als die, Geld aus den Taschen der Leute zu ziehen.“
The Wealth of Nations, Book V
Adam Smith [smɪθ], FRSA , war ein schottischer Moralphilosoph und Aufklärer und gilt als Begründer der klassischen Nationalökonomie.
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„Keine Kunst lernt eine Regierung schneller als die, Geld aus den Taschen der Leute zu ziehen.“
The Wealth of Nations, Book V
Die Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
„Was man Zuneigung nennt, ist in Wirklichkeit nichts andres als Sympathie der Gewohnheit.“
Theorie der moralischen Empfindungen
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 <br class="br">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 <br class="br">An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)
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<br><br>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 <br class="br">An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)
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 <br class="br">"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 <br class="br">The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)
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 <br class="br">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 <br class="br">An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)
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<br><br>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) <br class="br">An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)
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 <br class="br">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 <br class="br">An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)
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 <br class="br">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 <br class="br">The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)
Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
Chap. I.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part III
Quelle: (1776), Book III, Chapter IV, p. 456.
Quelle: (1776), Book V, Chapter II, Part II, p. 894.
Quelle: (1776), Book IV, Chapter II
“II. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary.”
Quelle: (1776), Book V, Chapter II, Part II, p. 892.
“All registers which, it is acknowledged, ought to be kept secret, ought certainly never to exist.”
Quelle: (1776), Book V, Chapter II, Part II, Appendix to Articles I and II, p. 935.
Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
Section II, Chap. I.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part VII
Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter VIII, p. 87.
Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
Section I, Chap. V.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part I
Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
Section I, Chap. III.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part I
Quelle: The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book IV, Chapter II
Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
Chap. I.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part IV
Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
Section II, Chap. I.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part VI
Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter I
“the competition of the poor takes away from the reward of the rich.”
Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter X, Part II, p. 154.
Quelle: (1776), Book II, Chapter III, p. 381.
“All money is a matter of belief.”
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Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
Section II, Chap. II.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part II
“Corn is a necessary, silver is only a superfluity.”
Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter XI, Part III, (First Period) p. 223.
Quelle: (1776), Book V, Chapter III, Part V, p. 1032 (Last Page).
Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
Chap. I.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part IV
Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter V, p. 50.
Quelle: (1776), Book I, Chapter XI, Part III, (Conclusion..) p. 282.
Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
Chap. III.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part III
Quelle: (1776), Book IV, Chapter III, Part II, p. 530.
Adam Smith buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
Section II, Chap. I.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part II
Quelle: (1776), Book IV, Chapter V, p. 563.