commensurability
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I assume, without trying to prove here, the homogeneity and commensurability of human desires and aversions.
From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)
We can scarcely doubt that this law of commensurability has largely influenced the present distribution of the asteroids.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
Ricardo, in his theory of rent, has given a magnificent example of the commensurability of values.
From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
There seems reason to admit that Kirkwood's law of commensurability has had some effect in bringing about the present distribution of the matter composing them.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
The ratio, 4:1, is not on the basis of any physical commensurability.
From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)
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