生产力是历史唯物主义理论体系的重要概念和理论基石。在马克思主义哲学产生之前,许多理论家、思想家曾经不同程度地涉及到生产力概念,并作过一定的研究。 最早提出生产力这一概念的当首推德国古典经济学家、重农学派的创始人弗郎斯瓦·魁奈。1757年,魁奈在《百科全书》杂志上发表的经济论文《谷物》中,在说明不胜负担的赋税和低廉的谷物价格是农村状况恶化的原因时,指出:“……和庞大的军队会把士地 Productivity is an important concept and theoretical foundation of the theoretical system of historical materialism. Before the emergence of Marxist philosophy, many theorists and thinkers had involved the concept of productive forces in varying degrees and made some research. The earliest put forward the concept of productivity, the most important German classical economist, founder of Farmer School Francis Swift. In 1757, in her economic paper Cereal, published in the Encyclopedia, Quinnet stated that unbearable taxes and low cereal prices were the cause of the deteriorating rural conditions, "... and the large army The place