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English Merchant, Economist, Huguenot, Exile, Target of Catholic Violentism
: An English merchant and economist. Gervaise was of a Huguenot family which fled to England in 1681. He was granted naturalization in 1698, and in 1699 became Elder and Secretary of Consistoire in Church of Leicester Fields. In 1720 he published The System or Theory of the Trade of the World, one of the first treatises on political economy. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #4 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Individual and Capitalism
“They [commercial interests] deprive Man of his natural Right to make the best of his Industry, according to his Genius, or Inclination.”
Source: "The System or Theory of the Trade of the World," by Isaac Gervaise, 1720. London, Printed by H. Woodfall; and Sold by J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, MDCCXX, (Price Sixpence). Section: Of Companies.
"The System or Theory of the Trade of the World," by Isaac Gervaise, 1720. London, Printed by H. Woodfall; and Sold by J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, MDCCXX, (Price Sixpence).
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