| Mark P. Leone, Parker B. Potter - 1999 - 270 страници
...asserting that, because of the division of labor, "the accommodation of [the frugal European peasant] exceeds that of many an African king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages." (Smith 1986: 117). Within the poorhouse complex, time and architectural... | |
| Charles R. Lewis - 2000 - 166 страници
..."a civilized and thriving country" (22), thus his claim "that the accommodation of a European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious...lives and liberties often thousand naked savages" (24). Crusoe describes himself in relation to each of these positions: he is variously European prince,... | |
| Guy Story Brown - 2000 - 460 страници
...extremely simple and easy; and yet it may be true, perhaps, that the accommodation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious...that of many an African king, the absolute master of ten thousand naked savages. For Smith, the difference between these "accommodations" is ultimately... | |
| Louis G. Putterman, Professor of Economics Louis Putterman - 2001 - 308 страници
...was already remarking that "in a civilized and thriving country . . . the accommodation of [a] prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious...master of the lives and liberties often thousand naked savages."34 Differences in living standards among the European countries to which Smith traveled or... | |
| Christina Petsoulas - 2001 - 220 страници
...comparison which Locke and Mandeville had used before him: 'the accommodation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious...king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages'.134 The greater universal opulence resulting from the division of labour... | |
| Roy Porter - 2000 - 772 страници
...labourer in Britain has more luxury in his way of living than an Indian sovereign', while his abode 'exceeds that of many an African king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of 10,000 naked savages'. A peasant in a 'civilized and thriving' nation was thus better off than a... | |
| Seymour Drescher - 2004 - 318 страници
..."extremely simple." And yet, "it may be true, perhaps, that the accommodation of a European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious...king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages."35 With due acknowledgment to all his qualifiers ("may," "perhaps,"... | |
| Wilfried Hinsch - 2002 - 366 страници
...gelangt zu dem Schluss: "... and yet it may be true, perhaps, that the accomodation of an European Prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accomodation of the latter exceeds that of many an African king, the absolute master of the lives and... | |
| Roland Axtmann - 2003 - 356 страници
...remuneration of the factors of production, but it also guaranteed that 'the accommodation of a European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious...king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages' (Smith, 1776/1983: 117). As a result, Smith puts forward the most enduring... | |
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