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Quotation from The Acquisitive Society by R. H. Tawney
“Above all, it assigns to economic activity itself its proper place as the servant, not the master, of society”
The Acquisitive Society, Ch. XI, 'Porro Unum Necessarium', p. 183 (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920 (Project Gutenberg #33741))
Following the quotation from Dante, Tawney names what the principle of purpose would restore.
Citation: "Above all, it assigns to economic activity itself its proper place as the servant, not the master, of society" — R. H. Tawney, The Acquisitive Society, Ch. XI, 'Porro Unum Necessarium', p. 183 (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920 (Project Gutenberg #33741)). (id tawney-the-acquisitive-society-q10)
