1st Edition

Philosophy and Political Economy In Some of Their Historical Relations

By C. T. Onions Copyright 1893
    426 Pages
    by Routledge

    426 Pages
    by Routledge

    This classic text, first published in 1893, was the first attempt to present a view of the relations of philosophy and economics through the whole of their history. In tracing the history of this relationship the author begins by examining the work of the ancient philosophers and continues with the followers of the theory of natural law. He then explores the utilitarian economics and the ‘idealistic economics’. This title will be of interest to students of the history of economic thought.

    Introduction;  Part One: Ancient Philosophy;  1. Plato  2. Aristotle  3. Stoics and Epicureans  4. Christianity;  Part Two: Modern Philosophy: Natural Law;  1. Precursors of Grotius  2. Grotius  3. Hobbes  4. Harrington  5. Locke  6. David Hume  7. Physiocrats  8. Adam Smith  9. Natural Rights and the Rule of Nature;  Part Three: Modern Philosophy: Utilitarian Economics;  1. Malthus  2. Bentham and James Mill  3. J. S. Mill;  Part Four: Modern Philosophy: Idealistic Economics;  1. Kant  2. Fichte  3. Krause  4. Hegel;  Part Five: Modern Philosophy: Materialistic Economics and Evolution;  1. Karl, Marx, Engels, Lassalle  2. Epilogue  3. Summary;  Index

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    James Bonar