History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1866 - Rationalism |
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... Usury in the Six- teenth Century - Casuistry of the Jesuits - Decree of Benedict XIV . - Laws upon Usury based on Theological grounds , disappear- The Economical Question discusssed by Locke , Adam Smith , Hume , Turgot , and Bentham ...
... Usury in the Six- teenth Century - Casuistry of the Jesuits - Decree of Benedict XIV . - Laws upon Usury based on Theological grounds , disappear- The Economical Question discusssed by Locke , Adam Smith , Hume , Turgot , and Bentham ...
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... Usury was said by the ecclesiastics to be an ecclesiastical offence , but the legislators refused to allow the Inquisition to try it . Perjury , bigamy , and several other crimes gave rise to similar conflicts . While the province of ...
... Usury was said by the ecclesiastics to be an ecclesiastical offence , but the legislators refused to allow the Inquisition to try it . Perjury , bigamy , and several other crimes gave rise to similar conflicts . While the province of ...
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... usury . Gronovius is best remembered for his Annotations of Grotius , in which he strongly repudiated the servile political maxims of that writer . highest works of genius to evoke . A statue we 218 RATIONALISM IN EUROPE .
... usury . Gronovius is best remembered for his Annotations of Grotius , in which he strongly repudiated the servile political maxims of that writer . highest works of genius to evoke . A statue we 218 RATIONALISM IN EUROPE .
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... or , as it was then called , of practising usury . In the present day , when political economy has been raised to a science , nothing can appear more simple " 272 And it remains to the decided which was 272 RATIONALISM IN EUROPE .
... or , as it was then called , of practising usury . In the present day , when political economy has been raised to a science , nothing can appear more simple " 272 And it remains to the decided which was 272 RATIONALISM IN EUROPE .
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... usury is admirably discussed . The term , ' interest of assurance , ' however , is defective , because it does not comprise the opprobrium cast upon the lender , which is one great cause of the extraordinary rise of interest . 2 As this ...
... usury is admirably discussed . The term , ' interest of assurance , ' however , is defective , because it does not comprise the opprobrium cast upon the lender , which is one great cause of the extraordinary rise of interest . 2 As this ...
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