Although the Chinese had used opium as a... | Robert Trout

Addiction

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.

- Robert Trout

Other quotes by Robert Trout

Society

In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to produce a surplus for upgrading its productive powers.

- Robert Trout

History

The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed.

- Robert Trout

Society

The level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members, and a minimal standard of both demographic characteristics and of consumption.

- Robert Trout

Science

A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.

- Robert Trout

Pain Nature Mind Sense Man

From this bestial view that the human mind consists of only sense certainty, pleasure and pain, Locke developed an equally bestial theory of the nation. Man originally existed in a State of Nature of complete liberty.

- Robert Trout

Press Today

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

- Robert Trout

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