30 Aug 1801

Polit Economy

A1 V

Method

1. Sponte Acta

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* { 1. Sponte Acta - Here follow the first steps in an analytical survey, {in the

form of an Encyclopedical tree,} shewing how to draw an arch round the subject,

and how to mount or discover what remains to be invented or discovered in this

quarter of the field of human knowledge.

Causes of Wealth or the /say/ matter of wealth are

1. Final - Well-being.

2. Material - Matter - considered in respect of its possessing or being capable

of possessing value: viz: subserviency to well-being - the final cause.

3. Efficient - viz: Motion.

1. Well-being - its modification ranged in the order of their importance -

1. Subsistence (present)

2. Security in respect of defence: viz: against the evils to which human nature

is exposed: particularly from the action of exterior agents agents exterior to a

man's own body. Security in respect of future subsistence see Subsistence

3. Enjoyment - viz: mere enjoyment distinct from the maintenance of subsistence,

and the contemplation of security.}