H. Gossen was the predecessor of Jevons as proponent of the law of final utility. A. Cournot, H. Gossen, and J. von Thünen are best known as being precursors to the neoclassical revolution, though they appear to have had very little influence on the
main actors of the neoclassical revolution, such as William Stanley Jevons, Carl Menger and Leon Walras. Instead, Jevons, Menger, and Walras were influenced by the utilitarianism expounded by Jermey Benthem, James Mill, and John Stuart Mill.
Gossen compared the character of economics to that of astronomy.
Works by H. Gossen:
- Entwicklung der Gesetze des Menschlichen Verkehrs
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