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Interest, sensationism and the science of the legislator: French 'philosophie economique', 1695-1830

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  • Gilbert Faccarello
  • Philippe Steiner

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For many centuries religion dominated the thought and behaviour of peoples. From the end of the seventeenth century, however, it was progressively replaced by political economy, which in turn developed its full influence during the nineteenth century, imposing a new 'ethos' and a new 'conduct of life'. So that we might better understand this fact, a Weberian ideal-type is proposed: philosophie economique. Illustrated by the works of Boisguilbert, Quesnay, Turgot and Say, it elaborates three main elements: interested behaviour, sensationism and a specific conception of the 'science of the legislator'.

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  • Gilbert Faccarello & Philippe Steiner, 2008. "Interest, sensationism and the science of the legislator: French 'philosophie economique', 1695-1830," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(1), pages 1-23.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:15:y:2008:i:1:p:1-23
    DOI: 10.1080/09672560701858608
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    1. Cervera-Ferri, Pablo & Insa-Sánchez, Pau, 2022. "Rareness in the intellectual origins of Walras’ theory of value," OSF Preprints 5nwcb, Center for Open Science.
    2. Jean-Daniel Boyer, 2023. "Hidden order, concrete disorders and political arithmetic in Boisguilbert. The non-harmonious equilibrium of private interests against the good order," Working Papers 07-23, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC).
    3. José M. Menudo, 2016. "Das Turgot Problem. The method of Economics," Working Papers 16.03, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics.
    4. Adrien Lutz, 2018. "On commercial gluts, or when the Saint-Simonians adopted Jean-Baptiste Say’s view," Working Papers 1838, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
    5. Jean Daniel BOYER, 2023. "Boisguilbert's use of political arithmetic to denounce the illusions and the disorder of the reign of Louis XIV," Working Papers of BETA 2023-35, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
    6. Jean Daniel Boyer, 2023. "Hidden order, concrete disorders and political arithmetic in Boisguilbert. The non-harmonious equilibrium of private interests against the good order," Working Papers of BETA 2023-22, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
    7. Adrien Lutz, 2018. "On commercial gluts, or when the Saint-Simonians adopted Jean-Baptiste Say's view," Working Papers halshs-01963596, HAL.

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