Unto This LastUnto This Last is an essay on economy by John Ruskin, critical of the 18th and 19th century capitalist economists. When first published as four magazine articles in 1860 they were, in the words of Ruskin himself, "very violently criticized" and the publisher was forced to halt publication. But Ruskin persevered and released the four articles in this book form in 1862. Gandhi read Unto This Last in 1904 and it had a huge impact on his social and economic philosophy, with Gandhi making an immediate decision to live according to Ruskin's teachings. |
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Page 8
... guided by balances of expediency, but by balances of justice. He has therefore rendered all endeavours to determine expediency futile for evermore. No man ever knew, or can know, what will be the ultimate result to himself, 8.
... guided by balances of expediency, but by balances of justice. He has therefore rendered all endeavours to determine expediency futile for evermore. No man ever knew, or can know, what will be the ultimate result to himself, 8.
Page 9
... justice will be ultimately the best possible, both to others and ourselves, though we can neither say what is best, or how it is likely to come to pass. I have said balances of justice, meaning, in the term justice, to include affection ...
... justice will be ultimately the best possible, both to others and ourselves, though we can neither say what is best, or how it is likely to come to pass. I have said balances of justice, meaning, in the term justice, to include affection ...
Page 10
John Ruskin. "justice." He agrees with the domestic for his whole time ad service, and takes them; — the limits of hardship in treatment being fixed by the practice of other masters in his neighbourhood; that is to say, by the current ...
John Ruskin. "justice." He agrees with the domestic for his whole time ad service, and takes them; — the limits of hardship in treatment being fixed by the practice of other masters in his neighbourhood; that is to say, by the current ...
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... to iniquitous decisions, no degree of intellect would win for him our respect. Nothing will win it, short of our tacit conviction, that in all important acts of his life justice is first with him; his own interest, second. 21.
... to iniquitous decisions, no degree of intellect would win for him our respect. Nothing will win it, short of our tacit conviction, that in all important acts of his life justice is first with him; his own interest, second. 21.
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John Ruskin. life justice is first with him; his own interest, second. In the case of a physician, the ground of the honour we render him is clearer still. Whatever his science, we would shrink from him in horror if we found him regard ...
John Ruskin. life justice is first with him; his own interest, second. In the case of a physician, the ground of the honour we render him is clearer still. Whatever his science, we would shrink from him in horror if we found him regard ...
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