Edited by Edward W. Fuller, Palo Alto, CA, US

• Contents:Foreword by Jesús Huerta de Soto viiForeword by Joseph T. Salerno viii1 Introduction: The Aristotelian Monetary Tradition 1Edward W. Fuller2 Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (c. 350 BC) 83 Aristotle: Politics (c. 350 BC) 114 Albert the Great: Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 1262) 145 Albert the Great: Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics (c. 1263) 216 Thomas Aquinas: Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 1271) 297 Thomas Aquinas: Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics (c. 1272) 348 Peter John Olivi: A Treatise on Contracts (c. 1295) 419 Jean Buridan: Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 1336) 4710 Jean Buridan: Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics (c. 1349) 5411 Nicholas Oresme: Treatise on Money (1358) 7012 Gabriel Biel: On the Power and Utility of Moneys (1495) 8913 Copernicus: Essay on the Coinage of Money (1526) 9614 Luís Saravia de la Calle: Instructions for Merchants (1544) 10315 Martín de Azpilcueta: On Exchange (1556) 10516 Tomás de Mercado: Manual of Deals and Contracts (1569) 11317 Sir Thomas Smith: A Discourse of the Commonweal of this Realm ofEngland (1581) 11418 Francisco García: A Very General and Useful Treatise on Contracts (1583) 12019 Bernardo Davanzati: A Discourse upon Coins (1588) 12320 Luís de Molina: A Treatise on Money (1597) 13221 Leonard Lessius: On Buying and Selling (1605) 13422 Juan de Mariana: A Treatise on the Alteration of Money (1609) 13723 Hugo Grotius: The Rights of War and Peace (1625) 16824 Samuel Pufendorf: The Elements of Universal Jurisprudence (1660) 17125 Samuel Pufendorf: The Whole Duty of Man (1673) 17426 John Locke: Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Loweringof Interest, and Raising the Value of Money (1691) 17727 Dudley North: Discourses upon Trade (1691) 19428 Isaac Gervaise: The System or Theory of the Trade of the World (1720) 20629 Richard Cantillon: An Essay on Economic Theory (1730) 21730 Jacob Vanderlint: Money Answers All Things (1734) 24431 Francis Hutcheson: Philosophiae Moralis Institutio Compendiaria (1747) 24632 Ferdinando Galiani: On Money (1751) 24833 David Hume: Of Money (1752) 26034 David Hume: Of Interest (1752) 26735 David Hume: Of the Balance of Trade (1752) 27436 Joseph Harris: An Essay upon Money and Coins (1757–58) 28337 A.R.J. Turgot: Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth (1766) 28938 Étienne Bonnot de Condillac: Commerce and Government Consideredin Their Mutual Relationship (1776) 296Index 310

'Edward Fuller's convenient anthology of contributions to monetary economics by thirty writers before Adam Smith, from Aristotle to Hume and Condillac, will be greatly appreciated by anyone interested in the origins and development of monetary economics. Many of these important writings were previously difficult of access. Now it is easy, and enjoyable, to peruse in a single book the long and rich heritage of monetary analysis in the two millennia from Aristotle to Adam Smith.'

Edited by Edward W. Fuller, Palo Alto, CA, US

• Contents:Foreword by Jesús Huerta de Soto viiForeword by Joseph T. Salerno viii1 Introduction: The Aristotelian Monetary Tradition 1Edward W. Fuller2 Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (c. 350 BC) 83 Aristotle: Politics (c. 350 BC) 114 Albert the Great: Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 1262) 145 Albert the Great: Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics (c. 1263) 216 Thomas Aquinas: Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 1271) 297 Thomas Aquinas: Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics (c. 1272) 348 Peter John Olivi: A Treatise on Contracts (c. 1295) 419 Jean Buridan: Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 1336) 4710 Jean Buridan: Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics (c. 1349) 5411 Nicholas Oresme: Treatise on Money (1358) 7012 Gabriel Biel: On the Power and Utility of Moneys (1495) 8913 Copernicus: Essay on the Coinage of Money (1526) 9614 Luís Saravia de la Calle: Instructions for Merchants (1544) 10315 Martín de Azpilcueta: On Exchange (1556) 10516 Tomás de Mercado: Manual of Deals and Contracts (1569) 11317 Sir Thomas Smith: A Discourse of the Commonweal of this Realm ofEngland (1581) 11418 Francisco García: A Very General and Useful Treatise on Contracts (1583) 12019 Bernardo Davanzati: A Discourse upon Coins (1588) 12320 Luís de Molina: A Treatise on Money (1597) 13221 Leonard Lessius: On Buying and Selling (1605) 13422 Juan de Mariana: A Treatise on the Alteration of Money (1609) 13723 Hugo Grotius: The Rights of War and Peace (1625) 16824 Samuel Pufendorf: The Elements of Universal Jurisprudence (1660) 17125 Samuel Pufendorf: The Whole Duty of Man (1673) 17426 John Locke: Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Loweringof Interest, and Raising the Value of Money (1691) 17727 Dudley North: Discourses upon Trade (1691) 19428 Isaac Gervaise: The System or Theory of the Trade of the World (1720) 20629 Richard Cantillon: An Essay on Economic Theory (1730) 21730 Jacob Vanderlint: Money Answers All Things (1734) 24431 Francis Hutcheson: Philosophiae Moralis Institutio Compendiaria (1747) 24632 Ferdinando Galiani: On Money (1751) 24833 David Hume: Of Money (1752) 26034 David Hume: Of Interest (1752) 26735 David Hume: Of the Balance of Trade (1752) 27436 Joseph Harris: An Essay upon Money and Coins (1757–58) 28337 A.R.J. Turgot: Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth (1766) 28938 Étienne Bonnot de Condillac: Commerce and Government Consideredin Their Mutual Relationship (1776) 296Index 310

'Edward Fuller's convenient anthology of contributions to monetary economics by thirty writers before Adam Smith, from Aristotle to Hume and Condillac, will be greatly appreciated by anyone interested in the origins and development of monetary economics. Many of these important writings were previously difficult of access. Now it is easy, and enjoyable, to peruse in a single book the long and rich heritage of monetary analysis in the two millennia from Aristotle to Adam Smith.'

Edited by Edward W. Fuller, Palo Alto, CA, US

• Contents:Foreword by Jesús Huerta de Soto viiForeword by Joseph T. Salerno viii1 Introduction: The Aristotelian Monetary Tradition 1Edward W. Fuller2 Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (c. 350 BC) 83 Aristotle: Politics (c. 350 BC) 114 Albert the Great: Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 1262) 145 Albert the Great: Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics (c. 1263) 216 Thomas Aquinas: Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 1271) 297 Thomas Aquinas: Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics (c. 1272) 348 Peter John Olivi: A Treatise on Contracts (c. 1295) 419 Jean Buridan: Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 1336) 4710 Jean Buridan: Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics (c. 1349) 5411 Nicholas Oresme: Treatise on Money (1358) 7012 Gabriel Biel: On the Power and Utility of Moneys (1495) 8913 Copernicus: Essay on the Coinage of Money (1526) 9614 Luís Saravia de la Calle: Instructions for Merchants (1544) 10315 Martín de Azpilcueta: On Exchange (1556) 10516 Tomás de Mercado: Manual of Deals and Contracts (1569) 11317 Sir Thomas Smith: A Discourse of the Commonweal of this Realm ofEngland (1581) 11418 Francisco García: A Very General and Useful Treatise on Contracts (1583) 12019 Bernardo Davanzati: A Discourse upon Coins (1588) 12320 Luís de Molina: A Treatise on Money (1597) 13221 Leonard Lessius: On Buying and Selling (1605) 13422 Juan de Mariana: A Treatise on the Alteration of Money (1609) 13723 Hugo Grotius: The Rights of War and Peace (1625) 16824 Samuel Pufendorf: The Elements of Universal Jurisprudence (1660) 17125 Samuel Pufendorf: The Whole Duty of Man (1673) 17426 John Locke: Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Loweringof Interest, and Raising the Value of Money (1691) 17727 Dudley North: Discourses upon Trade (1691) 19428 Isaac Gervaise: The System or Theory of the Trade of the World (1720) 20629 Richard Cantillon: An Essay on Economic Theory (1730) 21730 Jacob Vanderlint: Money Answers All Things (1734) 24431 Francis Hutcheson: Philosophiae Moralis Institutio Compendiaria (1747) 24632 Ferdinando Galiani: On Money (1751) 24833 David Hume: Of Money (1752) 26034 David Hume: Of Interest (1752) 26735 David Hume: Of the Balance of Trade (1752) 27436 Joseph Harris: An Essay upon Money and Coins (1757–58) 28337 A.R.J. Turgot: Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth (1766) 28938 Étienne Bonnot de Condillac: Commerce and Government Consideredin Their Mutual Relationship (1776) 296Index 310

'Edward Fuller's convenient anthology of contributions to monetary economics by thirty writers before Adam Smith, from Aristotle to Hume and Condillac, will be greatly appreciated by anyone interested in the origins and development of monetary economics. Many of these important writings were previously difficult of access. Now it is easy, and enjoyable, to peruse in a single book the long and rich heritage of monetary analysis in the two millennia from Aristotle to Adam Smith.'