...cial Science. In the two works taken together we have their author’s whole theory of human conduct or practical activity, that is, of all human activi... ... the other with that of the State, nor once more that the one gives us the theory of human conduct, while the other discusses its ap- plication in pra... ...e us what goodness or virtue is, and how it is to be reached, remains mere theory or talk. By itself it does not enable us to become, or to help other... ...e and circumstances and attainable by his efforts. There is in Aristotle’s theory of human conduct no trace of Plato’s “other worldliness”, he brings ... ...ics The result is a Moral Philosophy set against a background of Political Theory and general Philosophy. The most characteristic features of this Mor... ...rrespondence in point of quantity and quality between the producer and the consumer. For, we must remember, no dealing arises between two of the same ...

...lace the ?philosophy of human affairs;? but more frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their author?s whole theory of human conduct or practical activity, that is, of all human activity which is not directed merely to knowledge or truth. The two parts of this treatise are mutually complementary, but in a literary sense each is inde...

...ne of the Essay. A prejudice appears to exist in many quarters against the theory in question, on the supposition of its being opposed to one of the m... ... the national capital to replace itself with a profit. The futility of the theory implied in these and similar phrases, was an obvious consequence fro... ...each other will adjust itself to the inclinations and circumstances of the consumers on both sides, in such manner that the quantities required by eac... ...ficient to pay for one an- other. As the inclinations and circumstances of consumers cannot be reduced to any rule, so neither can the propor- tions i... ...n; and still more, any thing which has fallen. They there- fore benefit as consumers of cloth, not merely to the extent to which cloth has fallen, but... ...ceived into our treasury has come indirectly out of the pockets of our own consumers of linen, who pay a higher price for that imported commodity, in ... ...e to pay the increased money value of the imports; and although the German consumers have now not only cloth at the old price, but likewise increased ... ...ces exports, operates upon the prices of imports. According to the ancient theory of the balance of trade, and to the asso- ciations of the generality... ...ary resources employed in their construction would, according to the above theory, be considered pro- ductive, if every occupier of land were compelle...

...ing the weight in their practical judgment, which is always allowed to it in theory; for while every one well knows him self to be fallible, few thin... ... intoler ance, sufficiently remarkable not to be passed with out notice. A theory which maintains that truth may justifi ably be persecuted because... ...ard should be to be dealt with as the vilest of criminals, is not, upon this theory, a de plorable error and misfortune, for which humanity should mo... ...dergoing it is the being clearly proved not to deserve it. The rule, and the theory it im plies, are hardly less insulting to believers than to infid... ...is always some other explanation possible of the same facts; some geocentric theory instead of he liocentric, some phlogiston instead of oxygen; and ... ...plained of is not on the liberty of the seller, but on that of the buyer and consumer; since the State might just as well forbid him to drink wine, as... ...y of the State to consider, in the imposition of taxes, what commodities the consumers can best spare; and a fortiori, to select in preference those o...

...st be paid by the inhab- itants of the two other States in the capacity of consumers of what we import. New York would neither be willing nor able to ... ...n to the general authority of the union, it would still be, in fact and in theory, an association of states, or a confederacy. The proposed Constituti... ...ll be led to conclude, that they are the novel refinements of an erroneous theory. Publius. 41 The Federalist Papers FEDERALIST No. 10 The Same Subje... ...di- vidual citizens of America. The consequence of this is, that though in theory their resolutions concerning those objects are laws, constitutionall... ...ath, and to inflict vengeance on sacrilegious despoilers of the temple. In theory, and upon paper, this apparatus of powers seems amply sufficient for... ... who is often obliged to pay them himself without any retribution from the consumer. When the demand is equal to the quantity of goods at market, the ... ...eeping prices down in order to a more expeditious sale. The maxim that the consumer is the payer, is so much 148 The Federalist Papers oftener true t... ...ing State, whose citizens pay their proportion of them in the character of consumers. In this view they are productive of inequality among the States;... ... sole field of labor, the importation of manufactures must increase as the consumers multiply. As soon as domestic manufac- tures are begun by the han...