Marginal utility, then, asks how much a one-unit change in a variable will impact our utility (that is, our level of happiness. Marginal utility analysis answers questions such as:
The Greek poet Homer was born sometime between the 12th and 8th centuries BC, possibly somewhere on the coast of Asia Minor. He is famous for the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, which have had an enormous effect on Western culture, but very little is known about their alleged author. Homer is a mystery.
Back to Top of Page. The Georgics (Gr: Georgicon) is a didactic poem, in the tradition of Hesiod, by the Roman poet Vergil (Virgil). It was Vergils second major work, published in 29 BCE, after The Bucolics (Eclogues), and the ostensible subject of the verses is rural life and farming.