Definitions in Political Economy,: Preceded by an Inquiry Into the Rules which Ought to Guide Political Economists in the Definition and Use of Their Terms; with Remarks on the Deviation from These Rules in Their Writings

Name: Definitions in Political Economy,: Preceded by an Inquiry Into the Rules which Ought to Guide Political Economists in the Definition and Use of Their Terms; with Remarks on the Deviation from These Rules in Their Writings
Author: Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert)

Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert) · 1834

CHAPTER I. RULES FOR THE DEFINITION AND APPLICATION OF TERMS IN POLITICAL ECONOMY. In a mathematical definition, although the words in which it is expressed may vary, the meaning which it is intended to convey is always the same. Whether a _straight_ line be defined to be a line which lies evenly between its extreme points, or the shortest line which can be drawn between two points, there never can be a difference of opinion as to the lines which are comprehended, and those which are not comprehended, in the definition.…

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