Frezza, Giampaolo; Parisi, Francesco --- "Achille Loria (1857–1943)" [2005] ELECD 171; in Backhaus, G. Jürgen (ed), "The Elgar Companion to Law and Economics, Second Edition" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: The Elgar Companion to Law and Economics, Second Edition

Editor(s): Backhaus, G. Jürgen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781845420321

Section: Chapter 47

Section Title: Achille Loria (1857–1943)

Author(s): Frezza, Giampaolo; Parisi, Francesco

Number of pages: 11

Extract:

47 Achille Loria (1857­1943)
Giampaolo Frezza and Francesco Parisi


Introduction
Achille Loria was born in Mantua (Italy) in 1857, and died on 6 November
1943, in Luserna, Turin. In a posthumous note by the Italian economist
Augusto Graziani, the Commemorazione del Socio Achille Loria (Com-
memoration of the Fellow Achille Loria), published in 1949 by the National
Academy of the Lincei, Loria is described as a `Sovereign of Science',
whose entire life was dedicated to the effective and tireless investigation of
truth, a search which continued into old age. Every problem he encountered
was thoroughly examined. Loria's wide knowledge of fact and theory is
comparable to John Stuart Mill's, especially for the power, ingenuity, and
receptive spirit and acceptance of new truths, including those from other
disciplines, and from the confutation of mistake and renewed sophism in
the social sciences.
Loria started producing his scientific works at the age of 22 with a
monograph that captured the attention of Italian and foreign academics for
its highly critical references, originality of thought and depth of examina-
tion.1 His prolific scientific output is concentrated in the following research
areas:

1. Economic studies Loria's economic studies are remarkable in the Analisi
della proprietà capitalista (Analysis of capitalist property), Turin, 1899;
Le leggi di popolazione e il sistema sociale (The laws of population and
the social system), Siena, 1882; Carlo Darwin e l'economia politica
(Charles Darwin and political economy), Milan, 1884, La terra ed il
sistema sociale (The ...