Author: Bernard de Mandeville
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Languages : en
Pages : 506
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The fable of the Bees
Author: Bernard de Mandeville
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Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 506
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The Fable of the Bees : Or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits
Author: Bernard Mandeville
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Category : Charity-schools
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Category : Charity-schools
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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The Fable of the Bees and Other Writings
Author: Bernard Mandeville
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 9780872203747
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Although never censored, Bernard Mandeville's anonymously published The Fable of the Bees; or Private Vices, Public Benefits came to be regarded soon after its publication in 1723 as the Enlightenment's epitome of immorality. As a naturalistic account of the mechanisms that condition human desire and of the unintended stabilizing social consequences of self-interested action, it has since been recognized as one the eighteenth century's most significant works of social theory. More sharply focused on Mandeville's social theory than any previous collection of his writings, this abridged and modernized edition includes the most pertinent sections of The Fable, a selection from Mandeville's An Enquiry into the Origin of Honor, and essential background reading from two of Mandeville's most important sources: Pierre Bayle and the Jansenist Pierre Nicole. E. J. Hundert's Introduction places Mandeville in a number of central eighteenth-century debates - particularly that of the nature and morality of commercial modernity - and underscores the degree to which Mandeville's reconception of egoism as a positive social force stood as a central problem, not only for his immediate English contemporaries, but for such philosophers as Hume, Rousseau, and Kant.
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 9780872203747
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Although never censored, Bernard Mandeville's anonymously published The Fable of the Bees; or Private Vices, Public Benefits came to be regarded soon after its publication in 1723 as the Enlightenment's epitome of immorality. As a naturalistic account of the mechanisms that condition human desire and of the unintended stabilizing social consequences of self-interested action, it has since been recognized as one the eighteenth century's most significant works of social theory. More sharply focused on Mandeville's social theory than any previous collection of his writings, this abridged and modernized edition includes the most pertinent sections of The Fable, a selection from Mandeville's An Enquiry into the Origin of Honor, and essential background reading from two of Mandeville's most important sources: Pierre Bayle and the Jansenist Pierre Nicole. E. J. Hundert's Introduction places Mandeville in a number of central eighteenth-century debates - particularly that of the nature and morality of commercial modernity - and underscores the degree to which Mandeville's reconception of egoism as a positive social force stood as a central problem, not only for his immediate English contemporaries, but for such philosophers as Hume, Rousseau, and Kant.
The Fable of the Bees
Author: Bernard de Mandeville
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Languages : en
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Free Thoughts on Religion, the Church, and National Happiness
Author: Bernard Mandeville
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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The Enlightenment's Fable
Author: E. J. Hundert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521619424
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The apprehension of society as an aggregation of self-interested individuals is a dominant modern concern, but one first systematically articulated during the Enlightenment. This book approaches this problem from the perspective of the challenge offered to inherited traditions of morality and social understanding by Bernard Mandeville, whose infamous paradoxical maxim "private vices, public benefits" profoundly disturbed his contemporaries, while his The Fable of the Bees had a decisive influence on David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant. Professor Hundert examines the sources and strategies of Mandeville's science of human nature and the role of his ideas in shaping eighteenth century economic, social and moral theories.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521619424
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The apprehension of society as an aggregation of self-interested individuals is a dominant modern concern, but one first systematically articulated during the Enlightenment. This book approaches this problem from the perspective of the challenge offered to inherited traditions of morality and social understanding by Bernard Mandeville, whose infamous paradoxical maxim "private vices, public benefits" profoundly disturbed his contemporaries, while his The Fable of the Bees had a decisive influence on David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant. Professor Hundert examines the sources and strategies of Mandeville's science of human nature and the role of his ideas in shaping eighteenth century economic, social and moral theories.
Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism
Author: George H. Smith
Publisher: Cato Institute
ISBN: 1944424407
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
There is a well-worn image and phrase for libertarianism: ?atomized individualism.? This hobgoblin has spread so thoroughly that even some libertarians think their philosophy unreservedly supports private persons, whatever the situation, whatever their behavior. Smith?s Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism, corrects this misrepresentation with careful intellectual surveys of Hume, Smith, Hobbes, Butler, Mandeville, and Hutcheson and their respective contributions to political philosophy.
Publisher: Cato Institute
ISBN: 1944424407
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
There is a well-worn image and phrase for libertarianism: ?atomized individualism.? This hobgoblin has spread so thoroughly that even some libertarians think their philosophy unreservedly supports private persons, whatever the situation, whatever their behavior. Smith?s Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism, corrects this misrepresentation with careful intellectual surveys of Hume, Smith, Hobbes, Butler, Mandeville, and Hutcheson and their respective contributions to political philosophy.
A Letter to Dion
Author: Bernard Mandeville
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752437448
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: A Letter to Dion by Bernard Mandeville
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752437448
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: A Letter to Dion by Bernard Mandeville
The Fable of the Bees. By B. de Mandeville. Second edition, etc
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Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Bernard de Mandeville's Tropology of Paradoxes
Author: Edmundo Balsemão Pires
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319193813
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book integrates studies on the thought of Bernard de Mandeville and other philosophers and historians of Modern Thought. The chapters reflect a rethinking of Mandeville’s legacy and, together, present a comprehensive approach to Mandeville’s work. The book is published on the occasion of the 300 years that have passed since the publication of the Fable of the Bees. Bernard de Mandeville disassembled the dichotomies of traditional moral thinking to show that the outcomes of the social action emerge as new, non-intentional effects from the combination of moral opposites, vice and virtue, in such a form that they lose their moral significance. The work of this great writer, philosopher and physician is interwoven with an awareness of the paradoxical nature of modern society and the challenges that this recognition brings to an adequate perspective on the historical world of modernity.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319193813
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book integrates studies on the thought of Bernard de Mandeville and other philosophers and historians of Modern Thought. The chapters reflect a rethinking of Mandeville’s legacy and, together, present a comprehensive approach to Mandeville’s work. The book is published on the occasion of the 300 years that have passed since the publication of the Fable of the Bees. Bernard de Mandeville disassembled the dichotomies of traditional moral thinking to show that the outcomes of the social action emerge as new, non-intentional effects from the combination of moral opposites, vice and virtue, in such a form that they lose their moral significance. The work of this great writer, philosopher and physician is interwoven with an awareness of the paradoxical nature of modern society and the challenges that this recognition brings to an adequate perspective on the historical world of modernity.