On Liberty — Page 12
Taylor's assistance in the _Political Economy_ is confined to certain definite points.
Taylors Mitarbeit an der _Politischen Ökonomie_ beschränkt sich auf bestimmte festgelegte Punkte.
The purely scientific part was, we are assured, not learnt from her.
Der rein wissenschaftliche Teil wurde, wie uns versichert wird, nicht von ihr erlernt.
"But it was chiefly her influence which gave to the book that general tone by which it is distinguished from all previous expositions of political economy that had any pretensions to be scientific, and which has made it so useful in conciliating minds which those previous expositions had repelled.
„Aber es war vor allem ihr Einfluss, der dem Buch jenen allgemeinen Ton verlieh, durch den es sich von allen früheren Darstellungen der politischen Ökonomie unterscheidet, die irgendeinen Anspruch auf Wissenschaftlichkeit erhoben, und der es so nützlich gemacht hat, Geister zu versöhnen, die jene früheren Darstellungen abgestoßen hatten.
This tone consisted chiefly in making the proper distinction between the laws of the production of wealth, which are real laws of Nature, dependent on the properties of objects, and the modes of its distribution, which, subject to certain conditions, depend on human will....
Dieser Ton bestand hauptsächlich darin, die richtige Unterscheidung zwischen den Gesetzen der Produktion von Reichtum, die echte Naturgesetze sind und von den Eigenschaften der Objekte abhängen, und den Arten seiner Verteilung zu treffen, die, vorbehaltlich bestimmter Bedingungen, vom menschlichen Willen abhängen....
_I had indeed partially learnt this view of things from the thoughts awakened in me by the speculations of St. Simonians_; but it was made a living principle, pervading and animating the book, by my wife's promptings."[4]
_Ich hatte diese Ansicht der Dinge tatsächlich zum Teil aus den Gedanken gelernt, die in mir durch die Spekulationen der Saint-Simonisten geweckt worden waren_; aber sie wurde durch die Anregungen meiner Frau zu einem lebendigen Prinzip, das das Buch durchdringt und beseelt."[4]
The part which is italicised is noticeable.
Der kursiv gedruckte Teil ist bemerkenswert.
Here, as elsewhere, Mill thinks out the matter by himself; the concrete form of the thoughts is suggested or prompted by the wife.
Hier, wie auch anderswo, denkt Mill die Sache selbst durch; die konkrete Form der Gedanken wird von der Ehefrau angeregt oder eingegeben.
Apart from this "general tone," Mill tells us that there was a specific contribution.
Abgesehen von diesem „allgemeinen Ton" teilt uns Mill mit, dass es einen spezifischen Beitrag gab.
"The chapter which has had a greater influence on opinion than all the rest, that on the Probable Future of the Labouring Classes, is entirely due to her.
„Das Kapitel, das einen größeren Einfluss auf die Meinung hatte als alle anderen, jenes über die wahrscheinliche Zukunft der arbeitenden Klassen, ist gänzlich ihr zu verdanken.
In the first draft of the book that chapter did not exist.
Im ersten Entwurf des Buches existierte dieses Kapitel nicht.
Vocabulary
- Mitarbeit
- Collaboration or contribution to a shared work
- an
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'on', or 'to'
- der
- Definite article 'the' (masculine/genitive)
- _Politischen
- Political; adjective related to politics (italicized title word)
- Ökonomie_
- Economics; the study of production and resources
- beschränkt
- Limited or restricted to a specific scope
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself' or 'itself'
- auf
- Preposition meaning 'on', 'upon', or 'to'
- bestimmte
- Certain or specific, referring to defined particulars
- festgelegte
- Fixed or predetermined; established in advance
- Punkte
- Points or items in a list or argument
- Der
- Definite article 'the' (masculine nominative)
- rein
- Pure or purely; used to emphasize exclusivity
- wissenschaftliche
- Scientific; relating to systematic academic inquiry
- Teil
- Part or section of a larger whole
- wurde
- Past tense auxiliary 'was' or 'became'
- wie
- How or as; used for comparison or manner
- uns
- Personal pronoun 'us'; first person plural accusative
- versichert
- Assured or confirmed by someone
- wird
- Present tense auxiliary 'is' or 'will be'
- nicht
- Negation word meaning 'not'
- von
- Preposition meaning 'from' or 'by'
- ihr
- Pronoun meaning 'her', 'their', or 'your' (formal)
- erlernt
- Learned or acquired through study or practice
- Aber
- Conjunction meaning 'but' or 'however'
- es
- Neuter pronoun meaning 'it'
- war
- Past tense of 'sein'; meaning 'was'
- vor
- Preposition meaning 'before', 'in front of', or 'ago'
- allem
- Everything; used in 'vor allem' meaning 'above all'
- Einfluss
- Influence; effect one thing has on another
- dem
- Definite article 'the' (dative masculine/neuter)
- Buch
- Book; a written or printed publication
- jenen
- Those; demonstrative pronoun referring to specific things
- allgemeinen
- General; relating to the whole rather than specifics
- Ton
- Tone or general character of a text
- verlieh
- Gave or lent; past tense of verleihen
- durch
- Preposition meaning 'through' or 'by means of'
- den
- Definite article 'the' (accusative masculine)
- allen
- All; referring to every member of a group
- früheren
- Earlier or former; preceding in time
- Darstellungen
- Presentations or representations of a subject
- politischen
- Political; adjective describing political matters
- Ökonomie
- Economics; science of production and distribution
- unterscheidet
- Distinguishes or differentiates from others
- die
- Definite article 'the' (feminine/plural)
- irgendeinen
- Any; referring to an unspecified single item
- Anspruch
- Claim or demand made upon something
- Wissenschaftlichkeit
- Scientific rigor or scholarly academic character
- erhoben
- Raised or made; past participle of erheben
- und
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- so
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'thus'
- nützlich
- Useful or beneficial for a purpose
- gemacht
- Made or done; past participle of machen
- hat
- Has; third person singular of haben
- Geister
- Minds or spirits; intellectual persons
- zu
- Preposition or infinitive marker meaning 'to'
- versöhnen
- To reconcile or win over opposing parties
- jene
- Those; demonstrative pronoun for distant referents
- abgestoßen
- Repelled or driven away; past participle of abstoßen
- hatten
- Had; past tense plural of haben
- Dieser
- This; demonstrative pronoun masculine nominative
- bestand
- Consisted or existed; past tense of bestehen
- hauptsächlich
- Mainly or chiefly; above all other things
- darin
- Therein; in that or in it
- richtige
- Correct or proper; accurately corresponding to facts
- Unterscheidung
- Distinction or differentiation between two things
- zwischen
- Preposition meaning 'between' two things
- Gesetzen
- Laws; plural of Gesetz, rules or principles
- Produktion
- Production; process of creating goods or output
- Reichtum
- Wealth or riches; abundance of valuable resources
- echte
- Genuine or real; truly authentic
- Naturgesetze
- Laws of nature; fundamental scientific principles
- sind
- Are; third person plural of sein
- Eigenschaften
- Properties or characteristics of an object
- Objekte
- Objects; physical or conceptual things
- abhängen
- To depend on something else
- Arten
- Types or kinds; plural of Art
- seiner
- His or its; genitive form of sein
- Verteilung
- Distribution; allocation of resources or goods
- treffen
- To meet or to make decisions
- vorbehaltlich
- Subject to; contingent upon specific conditions
- bestimmter
- Certain or specific; of defined particulars (genitive)
- Bedingungen
- Conditions or terms that must be met
- vom
- Contraction of 'von dem'; from the
- menschlichen
- Human; relating to or characteristic of humanity
- Willen
- Will or volition; intentional human decision-making
- _Ich
- I; first person singular pronoun (italicized)
- hatte
- Had; first/third person singular past of haben
- diese
- This or these; demonstrative pronoun
- Ansicht
- View or opinion on a particular matter
- Dinge
- Things; plural of Ding
- tatsächlich
- Actually or in fact; truly the case
- zum
- Contraction of 'zu dem'; to the
- aus
- Preposition meaning 'out of' or 'from'
- Gedanken
- Thoughts or ideas in one's mind
- gelernt
- Learned; past participle of lernen
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'
- mir
- Me; dative first person singular pronoun
- Spekulationen
- Speculations; theoretical or philosophical reflections
- geweckt
- Awakened or aroused; past participle of wecken
- worden
- Become; past participle of werden (passive auxiliary)
- aber
- But or however; conjunction indicating contrast
- sie
- She, they, or you (formal); personal pronoun
- Anregungen
- Suggestions or inspirations prompting further thought
- meiner
- My; genitive/dative first person possessive pronoun
- Frau
- Woman or wife; also formal title 'Mrs.'
- einem
- A or an; indefinite article (dative masculine/neuter)
- lebendigen
- Living or vivid; full of life and energy
- Prinzip
- Principle; fundamental rule or guiding concept
- das
- The; definite article (neuter) or relative pronoun
- durchdringt
- Permeates or penetrates throughout something
- beseelt
- Animates or fills with spirit or soul
- kursiv
- Italic; printed in slanted typeface style
- gedruckte
- Printed; produced in written published form
- ist
- Is; third person singular present of sein
- bemerkenswert
- Remarkable or noteworthy; deserving special attention
- Hier
- Here; indicating this place or context
- auch
- Also or too; adding to a previous statement
- anderswo
- Elsewhere; in another place or context
- denkt
- Thinks; third person singular present of denken
- Sache
- Thing or matter; a specific subject or affair
- selbst
- Self or itself; used for emphasis
- konkrete
- Concrete or specific; tangible rather than abstract
- Form
- Form or shape; structure of something
- Ehefrau
- Wife; a woman in a marriage
- angeregt
- Stimulated or inspired; prompted to think or act
- oder
- Or; conjunction offering an alternative
- eingegeben
- Suggested or fed in; contributed as an idea
- Abgesehen
- Apart from; setting aside a particular consideration
- diesem
- This; dative masculine/neuter demonstrative pronoun
- teilt
- Shares or divides; third person of teilen
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- einen
- A or one; indefinite article accusative masculine
- spezifischen
- Specific; clearly defined and particular
- Beitrag
- Contribution; something added to a shared effort
- gab
- Gave; past tense of geben
- Das
- The; neuter definite article or demonstrative pronoun
- Kapitel
- Chapter; section of a book
- größeren
- Greater or larger; comparative form of groß
- Meinung
- Opinion or view held by someone
- als
- Than or as; used in comparisons
- alle
- All; every member of a group
- anderen
- Others; the remaining or different ones
- jenes
- That; demonstrative pronoun neuter genitive
- über
- About or over; preposition indicating topic or position
- wahrscheinliche
- Probable or likely; expected to happen
- Zukunft
- Future; the time yet to come
- arbeitenden
- Working; present participle of arbeiten (adjective form)
- Klassen
- Classes; social or economic groupings of people
- gänzlich
- Entirely or completely; to the fullest extent
- verdanken
- To owe or be indebted to someone
- Im
- Contraction of 'in dem'; in the
- ersten
- First; ordinal number indicating initial position
- Entwurf
- Draft or sketch; preliminary version of a work
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article masculine/neuter
- Buches
- Of the book; genitive form of Buch
- existierte
- Existed; past tense of existieren
- dieses
- This; demonstrative pronoun genitive neuter
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