Of Refinement in the Arts (1777) [ Concepts ]
… the highest bidder. This is almost the only species of commerce, with which that people are acquainted. The liberties of England, so far from decaying since the improvements in the arts, have never flourished so much as during that period. … this reasoning necessary, in order to give some light to a philosophical question, which has been much disputed in England. I call it a philosophical question, not a political one. For whatever may be the consequence of such a …
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