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大卫·李嘉图:政治经济学及赋税原理·摘录 5

大卫·李嘉图《政治经济学及赋税原理》· On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation · 投资

To supply this deficiency, abilities are required of a far superior cast to any possessed by the writer of the following pages; yet after having given to this subject his best consideration--after the aid which he has derived from the works of the above-mentioned eminent writers--and after the valuable experience which a few late years, abounding in facts, have yielded to the present generation--it will not, he trusts, be deemed presumptuous in him to state his opinions on the laws of profits and wages, and on the operation of taxes. If the principles which he deems correct should be found to be so, it will be for others more able than himself to trace them to all their important consequences.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33310
定位:Excerpt 5 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

要弥补这一缺陷,需要远高于本书作者的能力;然而,在对此问题深思熟虑之后,在借助上述杰出作家的著作之后,在近年来充满事实的经验给当代人带来的宝贵教益之后,作者相信,他陈述自己关于利润和工资规律以及税收运作的意见,不会被认为是冒昧的。如果他认为正确的原理确实正确,那么更有能力的人将把它们推演到所有重要后果。这体现了学术谦逊和分工:提出原理是一回事,推演后果是另一回事。

上下文

李嘉图在《政治经济学及赋税原理》序言中表达谦逊,并说明自己的贡献在于提出原理。

今日一问

你是否愿意在提出一个想法后,邀请他人来完善和推演它?

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