James Steuart (October 21, 1712 - November 26, 1780) on Science and Biology(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.)
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“A nest is necessary for every animal which produces a helpless brood: a house is the nest for children; but every man who can beget a child cannot build or rent a house.”
Source: "An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy," by Sir James Steuart, 1767. Book 1, Chapter 12.
"An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy," by Sir James Steuart, 1767.
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