" This definition expands the empirical conception of money to
the rational idea of it, by taking regard only to the implied form
of the reciprocal performances in the onerous contracts, and thus
abstracting from their matter. It is thus conformable to the
conception of right in the permutation and exchange of the mine and
thine generally (commutatio late sic dicta). The definition,
therefore, accords with the representation in the above synopsis of
a dogmatic division of contracts a priori, and consequently with the
metaphysical principle of right in general.
II. What is a Book?
A book is a writing which contains a discourse addressed by some one
to the public, through visible signs of speech. It is a matter of
indifference to the present considerations whether it is written by
a pen or imprinted by types, and on few or many pages. He who speaks
to the public in his own name is the author. He who addresses the
writing to the public in the name of the author is the publisher. When
a publisher does this with the permission or authority of the
author, the act is in accordance with right, and he is the rightful
publisher; but if this is done without such permission or authority,
the act is contrary to right, and the publisher is a counterfeiter
or unlawful publisher.
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