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
... question are still indeterminable. It can never be shown generally either that the interests of master and labourer are alike, or that they are opposed; for, according to circumstances, they may be either. It is, indeed, always the ...
... question are still indeterminable. It can never be shown generally either that the interests of master and labourer are alike, or that they are opposed; for, according to circumstances, they may be either. It is, indeed, always the ...
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... question is, I say, how far it may be possible to fix the rate of wages, irrespectively of the demand for labour. Perhaps one of the most curious facts in the history of human error is the denial by the common political economist of the ...
... question is, I say, how far it may be possible to fix the rate of wages, irrespectively of the demand for labour. Perhaps one of the most curious facts in the history of human error is the denial by the common political economist of the ...
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... question but that the tact, foresight, decision, and other mental powers, required for the successful management of a large mercantile concern, if not such as could be compared with those of a great lawyer, general, or divine, would at ...
... question but that the tact, foresight, decision, and other mental powers, required for the successful management of a large mercantile concern, if not such as could be compared with those of a great lawyer, general, or divine, would at ...
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... rather than leave his post in plague. The Pastor, rather than teach Falsehood. The lawyer, rather than countenance Injustice. The Merchant-what is his "due occasion" of death? It is the main question for the merchant, as for 25.
... rather than leave his post in plague. The Pastor, rather than teach Falsehood. The lawyer, rather than countenance Injustice. The Merchant-what is his "due occasion" of death? It is the main question for the merchant, as for 25.
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John Ruskin. It is the main question for the merchant, as for all of us. For, truly, the man who does not know when to die, does not know how to live. Observe, the merchant's function (or manufacturer's, for in the broad sense in which ...
John Ruskin. It is the main question for the merchant, as for all of us. For, truly, the man who does not know when to die, does not know how to live. Observe, the merchant's function (or manufacturer's, for in the broad sense in which ...
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