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The Enlightenment´s Fable: Bernard Mandeville and the Discovery of Society
E. J. Hundert
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hardcover. Study of influence of Anglo-Dutch Enlightenment theorist, author of infamous maxim 'private vices, public benefits'. Series Editor(s): Skinner, Quentin; Daston, Lorraine; Ross, Dorothy; Tully, James. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFCX; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 610. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
The apprehension of society as an aggregation of self-interested individuals, connected only by bonds of envy, competition, and exploitation, is a dominant modern concern, but one first systematically articulated during the European Enlightenment. The Enlightenment's 'Fable' approaches this problem from the perspective of the challenge offered to inherited traditions of morality and social understanding by the Anglo-Dutch physician, satirist and philosopher, Bernard Mandeville. Mandeville's infamous paradoxical maxim 'private vices, public benefits' profoundly disturbed his contemporaries, while his Fable of the Bees had a decisive influence on David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant. Professor Hundert examines the sources ... Read more
The apprehension of society as an aggregation of self-interested individuals, connected only by bonds of envy, competition, and exploitation, is a dominant modern concern, but one first systematically articulated during the European Enlightenment. The Enlightenment's 'Fable' approaches this problem from the perspective of the challenge offered to inherited traditions of morality and social understanding by the Anglo-Dutch physician, satirist and philosopher, Bernard Mandeville. Mandeville's infamous paradoxical maxim 'private vices, public benefits' profoundly disturbed his contemporaries, while his Fable of the Bees had a decisive influence on David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant. Professor Hundert examines the sources ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Ideas in Context
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521460828
SKU
KSG0032435
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Reviews for The Enlightenment´s Fable: Bernard Mandeville and the Discovery of Society
'Whenever anyone speaks, without bitterness … of man as a belly with two needs and a head with one; when ever anyone sees, seeks and wants to see only hunger, sexual desire, and vanity, as though these were the actual and sole motives of human actions; in brief, whenever anyone speaks 'badly' of man - but does not speak ill ... Read more