[545]. On this term in Plato and Aristotle, cf. infra under exchange.
[546]. Op. cit., p. 374; cf. infra on the moral attitude of Aristotle to wealth.
[547]. His unfair criticism of Plato seems to argue otherwise (Rep. 369C ff.; Pol. 1291a12-19), but cf. infra.
[548]. ii. 7. 1267b10 ff.; 1254a16 f.; Rhet. i. 5. 1361a12 ff.
[549]. Pol. 1254a16 ff.: κτῆμα δὲ ὄργανον πρακτικὸν καὶ χωριστὸν, similar to Walker’s term “transferability” (Pol. Econ., 3d ed., p. 5); cf. Mill, op. cit., preliminary remarks on the term.
[550]. N. Eth. iv. 1. 1119b26 f., cited on p. [84], n. 7.
[551]. Cf. the discussion above on value; cf. Mill, op. cit., Book I, chap, iii, 3, on the quality of “storableness” as an attribute of wealth. Newman (Pol. of Ar., II, note to 1256b26 ff.) asks if θησαυρισμός can be applied to slaves and cattle, and if the definition can include land. These are all included; cf. n. 1, above.
[552]. Pol. i. 9. 1257a6 and 14 f., and the discussion above of N. Eth. 1133a5 ff.
[553]. Cf. n. 3.
[554]. Cf. Smith, op. cit., IV, for criticism of this basal confusion of the mercantile theory.