Metapher der "unsichtbaren Hand"
English translation: invisible hand (of God)
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| German to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Government / Politics / history of liberalism | |||||
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| 3 +8 | invisible hand (of God) |
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| 3 | the hand of God |
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| Metapher der „unsichtbaren Hand“ the hand of God Explanation: or the will of God |
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peer agreement (net): +8| Metapher der „unsichtbaren Hand“ invisible hand (of God) Explanation: You might want to retain "invisible hand" due to its associations with Adam Smith, who is said to have had biblical metaphors in mind when coining the phrase: The starting point of the paper is that the ‘invisible hand’ concept in Smith is an unambiguously theological category. http://www.city.ac.uk/economics/dps/staff/denis/smith.doc Impact of Religious Doctrine on 18th century Authors http://www.adamsmithslostlegacy.com/2005_10_01_archive.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 26 mins (2007-04-23 12:38:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Yes, "socialize" (vergesellschaften). And I'd turn around "institutionenbildende Kraft", i.e. the power of xx to form associations and institutions o.ä. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2007-04-23 15:40:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- And for a very visible but equally non-divine "hand of God": http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hand of god mara... |
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