Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended												3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2017	Aug. 31, 2017	May 31, 2017	Feb. 28, 2017	Nov. 30, 2016	Aug. 31, 2016	May 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Aug. 31, 2015	May 31, 2015	Feb. 28, 2015	Feb. 03, 2018	Oct. 28, 2017	Jul. 29, 2017	Apr. 29, 2017	Jan. 28, 2017	Oct. 29, 2016	Jul. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016	Feb. 03, 2018	Jan. 28, 2017	Jan. 30, 2016
Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]
Sales													$ 4,067,806	$ 3,328,894	$ 3,431,603	$ 3,306,429	$ 3,510,158	$ 3,086,687	$ 3,180,917	$ 3,088,995	$ 14,134,732	$ 12,866,757	$ 11,939,999
Cost of goods sold													2,922,582	2,369,148	2,420,942	2,329,966	2,539,563	2,206,092	2,251,845	2,176,205	10,042,638	9,173,705	8,576,873
Selling, general and administrative													553,306	517,297	498,276	474,819	493,802	490,171	469,511	436,924	2,043,698	1,890,408	1,738,755
Interest expense, net													386	1,780	2,341	3,169	3,755	4,156	4,213	4,364	7,676	16,488	12,612
Total costs and expenses													3,476,274	2,888,225	2,921,559	2,807,954	3,037,120	2,700,419	2,725,569	2,617,493	12,094,012	11,080,601	10,328,240
Earnings before taxes													591,532	440,669	510,044	498,475	473,038	386,268	455,348	471,502	2,040,720	1,786,156	1,611,759
Provision for taxes on earnings													140,785	166,220	193,505	177,457	172,470	141,722	173,442	180,868	677,967	668,502	591,098
Net earnings													$ 450,747	$ 274,449	$ 316,539	$ 321,018	$ 300,568	$ 244,546	$ 281,906	$ 290,634	$ 1,362,753	$ 1,117,654	$ 1,020,661
Earnings per share - basic (in dollars per share)													$ 1.20	$ 0.72	$ 0.83	$ 0.83	$ 0.77	$ 0.63	$ 0.72	$ 0.73	$ 3.58	$ 2.85	$ 2.53
Earnings per share - diluted (in dollars per share)													1.19	0.72	0.82	0.82	0.77	0.62	0.71	0.73	3.55	2.83	2.51
Cash dividends declared per share on common stock (in dollars per share)	$ 0.1600	$ 0.1600	$ 0.1600	$ 0.1600	$ 0.1350	$ 0.1350	$ 0.1350	$ 0.1350	$ 0.1175	$ 0.1175	$ 0.1175	$ 0.1175	0.1600	0.1600	0.1600	0.1600	0.1350	0.1350	0.1350	0.1350	0.64	0.54	$ 0.470
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Basic and diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)																					0.10
High
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Stock price (in dollars per share)													85.46	65.99	66.05	69.15	69.53	65.06	61.98	59.3	85.46	69.53
Low
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Stock price (in dollars per share)													$ 63.42	$ 53.03	$ 53.07	$ 62.53	$ 61.28	$ 60.68	$ 52.34	$ 52.56	63.42	$ 61.28
Reform legislation
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Basic and diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)																					$ 0.21