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... physical sciences has been fruitful of such remarkable results . It may , perhaps , be thought that it would have conduced more to the advantage of economic science , if , instead of pausing to investigate the logical prin- ciples ...
... physical sciences has been fruitful of such remarkable results . It may , perhaps , be thought that it would have conduced more to the advantage of economic science , if , instead of pausing to investigate the logical prin- ciples ...
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John Elliott Cairnes. Political Economy neither a purely mental nor a purely physical ... physical premisses of Political Economy . Secondary influences . How far ... sciences which , like Political Economy , have reached the deductive stage ...
John Elliott Cairnes. Political Economy neither a purely mental nor a purely physical ... physical premisses of Political Economy . Secondary influences . How far ... sciences which , like Political Economy , have reached the deductive stage ...
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... science . Mr. Tooke's method in monetary investigation § 2. Analysis of the doctrine that ' cost of production ... physical sciences-- unsusceptibility of precise quantitative statement [ Note.-Mr. McLeod's and Mr. Jennings ' view ] ...
... science . Mr. Tooke's method in monetary investigation § 2. Analysis of the doctrine that ' cost of production ... physical sciences-- unsusceptibility of precise quantitative statement [ Note.-Mr. McLeod's and Mr. Jennings ' view ] ...
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... physical sciences . Its close affinity to the moral sciences , as has been often pointed out , brings it constantly into collision with moral feelings and prepossessions which can scarcely fail to make themselves felt in the discussion ...
... physical sciences . Its close affinity to the moral sciences , as has been often pointed out , brings it constantly into collision with moral feelings and prepossessions which can scarcely fail to make themselves felt in the discussion ...
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... physical sciences are without bear- ing on the practical concerns of mankind ? I think I need not trouble myself to answer that question . Well , then , Political Economy is a science in the same sense in which Astronomy , Dynamics ...
... physical sciences are without bear- ing on the practical concerns of mankind ? I think I need not trouble myself to answer that question . Well , then , Political Economy is a science in the same sense in which Astronomy , Dynamics ...
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