 | Adam Ferguson (July 1, 1723 - February 22, 1816) on Workers and Capitalists(published by RevoltSource) |
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Scottish Philosopher, Historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, Anti-Traditional, Anti-State, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Establishment
: A Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. Ferguson was sympathetic to traditional societies, such as the Highlands, for producing courage and loyalty. He criticized commercial society as making men weak, dishonourable and unconcerned for their community. Ferguson has been called "the father of modern sociology" for his contributions to the early development of the discipline. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #11 on Economic Struggle Quotes >> Workers and Capitalists
“...if the lot of a slave among the ancients was really more wretched than that of the indigent laborer and the mechanic among the moderns, it may be doubted, whether the superior orders, who are in possession of consideration and honors, do not proportionally fail in the dignity which befits their condition.”
Source: "An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767. Part 4, Section II.
"An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767.
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