The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits (Complete in Two Volumes)
by Mandeville, Bernard (1670-1733); F.B. Kaye (Ed. & Commentary)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0865970726
- ISBN 13
- 9780865970724
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"It used to be that everyone read the "notorious" Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733). He was a great satirist and came to have a profound impact on economics, ethics, and social philosophy. The Fable of the Bees begins with a poem and continues with a number of essays and dialogues. It is all tied together by the startling and original idea that "private vices" (self-interest) lead to "publick benefits" (the development and operation of society). From that simple beginning, Mandeville saw that orderly social structures (such as law, language, the market, and even the growth of knowledge) were a spontaneous growth developing out of individual human actions."
Synopsis
The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits was published in 1705 by Mandeville, philosopher, political economist and satirist. It begins with a poem and continues with a number of essays and dialogues, and is all tied together by the startling and original idea that "private vices" (self-interest) lead to "publick benefits" (the development and operation of society). From that simple beginning, Mandeville saw that orderly social structures (such as law, language, the market, and even the growth of knowledge) were a spontaneous growth developing out of individual human actions.
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- Bookseller
- Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5304
- Title
- The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits (Complete in Two Volumes)
- Author
- Mandeville, Bernard (1670-1733); F.B. Kaye (Ed. & Commentary)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0865970726
- ISBN 13
- 9780865970724
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- political philsophy
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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