Category: History - Ancient
For a complete list of scholars who have devoted more or less attention to the economic ideas of Greek thinkers, the reader is referred to the bibliography at the conclusion of this work. On the surface, the list appears to be reasonably extensive. It will be observed, however...
For a complete list of scholars who have devoted more or less attention to the economic ideas of Greek thinkers, the reader is referred to the bibliography at the conclusion of...
2. CHAPTER IIAs stated above, the economic ideas of the Greeks were unsystematized and inextensive.[18] The extant literature previous to Plato presents only incidental hints on matters econ...
3. CHAPTER IIIAs seen above, Plato was the first great economic thinker of Greece.[68] Plato, however, was primarily interested in neither economics nor politics, but in moral idealism. He is...
4. Letter 81, 16 (Vol. XXIX, 212), where he refers to Plato andAristotle; _Mun. Pul._, IV, 98, note (Vol. XVII, 220), where he absolutely condemns it; On the Old Road, Vol. XXXIV, 425, on usury, ends with a citation from the Laws 913C; ἃ μὴ...
5. Book I._Rep._ 421A, cited by Zeller, _op. cit._, II, 1, 907, as evidence of this, states merely that it is more important that there be efficient rulers than efficient cobblers. Cf. Po...
6. Book VII.744B; cf. pp. 55 f. on equality; cf. 757B-D, contrasting the mere arithmetical equality (τὴν ἀριθμῷ ἴσην), which is easily realized, and the true equality, which is very difficu...
7. CHAPTER IVXenophon was a man of affairs, whose interests touched the practical life of the world on many sides, as is evidenced by the broad scope of his extant works. He was also, howeve...
8. iv. 10: χρυσίον ὅταν πολὺ παραφανῇ, αὐτὸ μὲν ἀτιμότερον γίγνεται, τὸBrants (_Xen. Econ._, pp. 17 f.) says that he grasped both bases of exchange, division of labor, and natural diversity of products, but he bases it on _Rep. Ath._ ii. 12. 3.
9. CHAPTER VThough the Attic orators constitute a very important source for our knowledge of economic conditions in Athens, they furnish but little definite material for a history of Greek...
10. CHAPTER VIIn the writings of Aristotle, we find a much richer source for a history of Greek economic thought. Though no extant work of his is devoted to economics, he left a multitude of...
11. CHAPTER VIIThe minor philosophers, contemporaries or successors of the Socratics, present in their extant fragments some ideas on wealth and other economic problems that are worthy of note...
12. Book iii, in Latin, is of later origin, and is of no economicinterest. Book i is perhaps from Eudemus of Rhodes, a pupil of Aristotle and Theophrastus (Zeller, II, 2, 869 ff.), but Philodemus (_De vita_ ix) assigns it to Theophrastus (Zel...
13. Book vi. 10; 48; etc.; cf. Poehlmann, as above.14. Book viii of his _Philipp. Histories_ (_Athen._ xii. 517_d_ ff.)._Ibid._ 59.6: ἐναλλάξ δὲ αὐτοὺς τοὺς μὲν ἀλλήλοις διακονεῖν, τοὺς δὲ ἁλιεύειν, τοὺς δὲ περὶ τὰς τέχνας εἶναι, ἄλλους δὲ περὶ ἄλλα τῶν χρησίμων ἀσχολεῖσθαι, τοὺς δ᾽ ἐκ περιόδου κ...
15. CHAPTER VIIIOur conclusions as to the importance and influence of Greek economic thought have been fully presented in the previous discussion. A brief summary of the results, however, may b...