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The Enlightenment's Fable

- Bernard Mandeville and the Discovery of Society

About The Enlightenment's Fable

The Enlightenment's 'Fable' examines the challenge offered to traditional morality and social understanding by Bernard Mandeville, whose infamous maxim 'private vices, public benefits' profoundly disturbed his contemporaries, and whose Fable of the Bees influenced Hume, Rousseau, Kant, and Adam Smith.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521460828
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 300
  • Published:
  • June 15, 1994
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 610 g.
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Expected delivery: December 13, 2024

Description of The Enlightenment's Fable

The Enlightenment's 'Fable' examines the challenge offered to traditional morality and social understanding by Bernard Mandeville, whose infamous maxim 'private vices, public benefits' profoundly disturbed his contemporaries, and whose Fable of the Bees influenced Hume, Rousseau, Kant, and Adam Smith.

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