Rhetoric and the Invention of Double Entry Bookkeeping
- 1 February 1985
- journal article
- Published by Project MUSE in Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric
- Vol. 3 (1) , 21-43
- https://doi.org/10.1525/rh.1985.3.1.21
Abstract
If he [the merchant] be fortunate it [i.e. double-entry bookkeeping] satisfies the world of his just dealing, and is the fairest and best Apologies of his innocence and honesty to the World, and Contributes exceedingly to the satisfaction of all his friends and well-wishers, and to the Confutation and silencing of all his malevolent and detracting enemies, and proves the great cause to bring him to a most favourable Composition with his Creditor: whereas those that are ignorant of it, in such a Condition are censured by all, when they have nothing to show but bare words to vindicate themselves.Keywords
This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- Ciceros rhetoric in the middle agesQuarterly Journal of Speech, 1967
- Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Manuscripts on the Art of BookkeepingJournal of Accounting Research, 1967
- Accounting and the Rise of Capitalism: Further Notes on a Theme by SombartJournal of Accounting Research, 1964
- The Story of the Alberti Company of Florence, 1302–1348, as Revealed in Its Account BooksBusiness History Review, 1958