| David Hume - 1760 - 396 Seiten
...Of MONEY. MO NEY is not, properly fpeaking, one of the fubjefts of commerce; but only the inflrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange...which renders the motion of the wheels more fmooth and ea<y. If we confider any one kingdom by itfelf, 'tis evident, that the greater or lefs plenty of money... | |
| David Hume - 1768 - 606 Seiten
...MONEY. MO NEY is not, properly fpeaking, one of the fubje£ts of commerce ; but only the inftrument which men have ' agreed upon to facilitate the exchange...by itfelf, 'tis evident, that the greater or lefs plenty of money is of no confequence; fmce the prices of commodities are always proportioned to the... | |
| 1775 - 408 Seiten
...during his whole life*. MONEY is not properly one of the fubjects of commerce, but only the inftrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which-renders the motion of the wheels more fmooth... | |
| 1762 - 762 Seiten
...on\j to obferve their literary excellencies or of the fubjects of" commerce ; but on ly the inflrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more fmooth... | |
| David Hume - 1809 - 868 Seiten
...OF MONEY. MONEY is not, properly speaking, one of the subject* of commerce ; but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : It is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth... | |
| Charles Ganilh - 1812 - 520 Seiten
...Money," says Hume, " is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of commerce ; but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is not one of the wheels of trade ; it is the oil which * In England, by Locke ; in France, by DtUol... | |
| ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. - 1814 - 548 Seiten
...says Mr Hume, ' is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of commerce ; but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another.' And he adds, ' It is none of the wheels of trade; it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels... | |
| 1825 - 798 Seiten
...(says David Hume) is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of commerce, but only the instrument which men have agreed -upon to facilitate the exchange of •one commodity for another*." So says one great man, as to money in general : another one (Adam Smith) gives us, in his Wealth of... | |
| 1824 - 770 Seiten
...observes, money is not, properly speaking, one of the objects of commerce, but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is not one of the wheels of trade ; it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth... | |
| 1824 - 822 Seiten
...observes, money is not, properly speaking, one of the objects of commerce, but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is not one of the wheels of trade ; it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth... | |
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