Historical And Philosophical Essays
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Published: February 28, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9781410211316
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Economics - Theory; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics
First sentence: AMONG the changes which have altered the political world during the last hundred years, one of the most remarkable, though it has been little remarked, is the degree in which the great and permanent bodies which now constitute nations, have assumed, in their mutual relations, an individual character; so that while, under the influence of their increasing intercourse, the mere external peculiarities of the inhabitants of different countries are becoming obliterated, peculiarities in the public conduct of those countries are becoming more marked.