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Historian 思想史家 ∙ JSPS Fellow @utokyoofficial.bsky.social nominated @britishacademy.bsky.social ∙ Review Ed @global-ih.bsky.social ∙ Co-org @gpolthought.bsky.social ∙ PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social ∙ early modern English republicanism ∙ England & Sengoku/Edo Japan
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Bravo!
October 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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October 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Various; it pops up!
Wealth, as Mr Hobbes says, is power. But the person who either acquires, or succeeds to a great fortune, does not necessarily acquire or succeed to any political power, either civil or military. His fortune may, perhaps, afford him the means of acquiring both; but the mere possession of that fortune does not necessarily convey to him either. The power which that possession immediately and directly conveys to him, is the power of purchasing a certain command over all the labour, or over all the produce of labour which is then in the market. His fortune is greater or less, precisely in proportion to the extent of this power, or to the quantity either of other men’s labour, or, what is the same thing, of the produce of other men’s labour, which it enables him to purchase or command. The exchangeable value of every thing must always be precisely equal to the extent of this power which it conveys to its owner.
October 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The collection totals 315 books. Find more about it here: www.lib.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/?pag...
A photo of book shelves
October 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM