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A History of Greek Economic Thought
Trever, Albert Augustus
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1133_a_19 ff.; 29; 1133_b_10 ff., cited _infra_, on money. It clearly
distinguishes the quality of exchangeableness. Cf. iv. 1. 1119_b_26
f., cited _infra_, n. 7. Cf. pp. 38 f. for Plato’s theory.
Footnote 539:
So Stewart, _op. cit._, _in loc._; Zmavc, _Archiv._, etc., p. 415, who
criticizes Karl Marx (_Kapital_, 4th ed., I, 26) for denying this.
Barker (_op. cit._, p. 379) says that Aristotle did not recognize the
“seller’s cost of production”; but cf. 384, where he implies the
opposite.
Footnote 540:
But cf. his definition of wealth, pp. 85 f.
Footnote 541:
Bonar (_op. cit._, p. 40) criticizes him for this. The words ἀξία and
τίμη are not used in the passage, but for the former in a very dear
economic sense, cf. iv. 1. 1119_b_26-27; χρήματα δὲ λέγομεν πάντα ὅσων
ἡ ἀξία νομίσματι μετρεῖται.
Footnote 542:
For further discussion of this _Ethics_ passage, cf. _infra_ on money,
exchange, and distribution. _Mag. mor._ i. 33. 1193_b_19-1194_b_2
repeats the idea, citing Plato _Rep._ on the exchange of the four
producers in his primitive state.
Footnote 543:
i. 8. 1256_b_28-32. The term ἄπειρος, as applied to wealth, is used by
Plato and Aristotle of undue love of money (_Rep._ 373D, 591D; _Laws_
870A); for Aristotle, cf. passage above and _infra_. There is a sense,
even from the economic standpoint, in which wealth is not unlimited.
Footnote 544:
_Prin. of Pol. Econ._, preliminary remarks, and Book I, chap. iii, 3.
Footnote 545:
On this term in Plato and Aristotle, cf. _infra_ under exchange.
Footnote 546:
_Op. cit._, p. 374; cf. _infra_ on the moral attitude of Aristotle to
wealth.
Footnote 547:
His unfair criticism of Plato seems to argue otherwise (_Rep._ 369C
ff.; _Pol._ 1291_a_12-19), but cf. _infra_.
Footnote 548:
ii. 7. 1267_b_10 ff.; 1254_a_16 f.; _Rhet._ i. 5. 1361_a_12 ff.
Footnote 549:
_Pol._ 1254_a_16 ff.: κτῆμα δὲ ὄργανον πρακτικὸν καὶ χωριστὸν, similar
to Walker’s term “transferability” (_Pol. Econ._, 3d ed., p. 5); cf.
Mill, _op. cit._, preliminary remarks on the term.
Footnote 550:
_N. Eth._ iv. 1. 1119_b_26 f., cited on p. 84, n. 7.
Footnote 551:
Cf. the discussion above on value; cf. Mill, _op. cit._, Book I, chap,
iii, 3, on the quality of “storableness” as an attribute of wealth.
Newman (_Pol. of Ar._, II, note to 1256_b_26 ff.) asks if θησαυρισμός
can be applied to slaves and cattle, and if the definition can include
land. These are all included; cf. n. 1, above.
Footnote 552:
_Pol._ i. 9. 1257_a_6 and 14 f., and the discussion above of _N. Eth._
1133_a_5 ff.
Footnote 553:
Cf. n. 3.
Footnote 554:
Cf. Smith, _op. cit._, IV, for criticism of this basal confusion of
the mercantile theory.
Footnote 555:
_Rhet._ B. 16. 1390-91.
Footnote 556:
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