James Steuart (October 21, 1712 - November 26, 1780) on Learning and Freedom(published by RevoltSource) |
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18th-Century Scottish Jacobite, Father of Western Sociology, Author, Historian, Anthropologist, and Social Scientist
: A prominent Scottish Jacobite and author of "probably the first systematic treatise written in English about economics" and the first book in English with 'political economy' in the title. He assumed the surname of Denham late in life; he inherited his cousin's baronetcy of Coltness in 1773. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #8 on Education Struggle Quotes >> Learning and Freedom
“Freedom itself, imposed upon a people groaning under the greatest slavery, will not make them happy, unless it is made to undergo certain modifications, relative to their established habits.”
Source: "An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy," by Sir James Steuart, 1767. Book 1, Chapter 2.
"An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy," by Sir James Steuart, 1767.
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