A History of Greek Economic ThoughtTrever, Albert Augustus
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A History of Greek Economic Thought
Trever, Albert Augustus
Economics -- Greece -- History; Thesis (Ph. D.)
He calls Plato the “master of economy” (_Fors Clav._ [Vol. XXVIII,
717]); cf. also Vol. XXXVIII, 112 on his Platonic discipleship. He
says (_Arrows of the Chace_, Vol. XXXIV, 547): “The economy I teach is
Xenophon’s”; cf. also Vol. XXXVII, 550, Letter to Professor Blackie,
II: “My own political economy is literally only the expansion and
explanation of Xenophon’s.” Cf. Vol. XXXI, Intro., pp. xv ff.; Vol.
XVII, pp. xlix and 18; cf. his preface to his translation of the
_Economicus_; cf. also E. Barker, _Pol. Thought in England from
Herbert Spencer to the Present Day_ (“Home University Library”), pp.
191-96, who emphasizes this Greek influence. Cf. above, p. 23, n. 5;
64, n. 3.
Footnote 1066:
Barker, cited above, in n. 2, also emphasizes this fact. Cf. the
edition of Ruskin above cited, Introduction to Vol. XVII, an excellent
discussion of Ruskin’s economic ideas and their influence, for a
bibliography (p. cxii) and citations from many modern economists on
the subject; e.g., the notable address in 1885, in recognition of his
work, signed by a number of leading English economists; the striking
citations from Ingram; from Stimson (_Quarterly Journal of Economics_,
II [1888], 445), that the future political economy will make its
bricks for building “from Ruskin’s earth rather than from Ricardo’s
straw”; from the late regius professor of modern history at Oxford,
“The political economy of today is the political economy of John
Ruskin, and not that of John Bright or even of John Stewart Mill.”
Footnote 1067:
P. 46, n. 3 (Wagner, _Die Akad. Nat.-oek. und der Socialismus_, 1895).
Footnote 1068:
_Op. cit._, p. 201.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The following bibliography includes: (_a_) histories of economic
thought; almost all of these have only a cursory chapter on Greek
theory, and several of them deal largely with economic conditions; (_b_)
histories of socialism and social theory, to which the foregoing
statement applies to a large extent; (_c_) chapters in works on
different phases of Greek economic history; (_d_) other works of a more
general type, which deal more or less extensively with Greek economic or
social ideas; (_e_) articles and dissertations; (_f_) editions of Greek
authors that are of special interest for our subject. It is manifestly
impossible to name many of these latter, and we shall content ourselves
with the mention of a few that have proved especially helpful. The works
are listed in alphabetical order, for greater convenience in reference,
and those of chief interest are starred.
Adam, James (The Republic of Plato, 1902).
Adler, G. _Geschichte des Socialismus und Kommunismus von Plato bis zur
Gegenwart_ (1899), pp. 6-52. On Greek.
Alesio. “Alcune riflessioni intorno ai concetti del valore
nell’antichità classica,” _Archivio Giuridico_, 1889.
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