 The riches, strength, and glory, of nations ; the topics which history celebrates, and which alone almost engage the praises and possess the admiration of mankind ; have no value farther than as they contribute to this end.  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 3441815Full view - About this book
 | 1918 - 458 pages
...logical force in discussing the subject of population. The final view of all rational politics, he said, is to produce the greatest quantity of happiness in a given tract of country. But since individuals alone think and feel, the happiness of a people is made up of the happiness of... | |
 | Wesley Clair Mitchell - 514 pages
...ed.,London, 1818, vol. I, p. 42). Further see Paley's remarks upon population in Book VI, Chap. XI. "The final view of all rational politics is, to produce...of happiness in a given tract of country . . . The quantity of happiness in a given district, although it is possible it may be increased, the number... | |
 | J.M. Dean, A. M. C. Waterman - 1999 - 220 pages
...possibly Smith, and foreshadows many of Malthus's more important ideas. lt begins with the premise that "the final view of all rational politics is, to produce the greatest quantity of happiness"; argues that the level of population is a reliable index of social welfare; and analyzes the determinants... | |
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