Mandeville's Fable: Pride, Hypocrisy, and Sociability

by Robin Douglass and Dr Robin Douglass

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Why we should take Bernard Mandeville seriously as a philosopher

Bernard Mandeville's The Fable of the Bees outraged its eighteenth-century audience by proclaiming that private vices lead to public prosperity. Today the work is best known as an early iteration of laissez-faire capitalism. In this book, Robin Douglass looks beyond the notoriety of Mandeville's great work to reclaim its status as one of the most incisive philosophical...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691219176

ISBN13:9780691219172

Release Date:May 2023

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 9.1" x 6.1"

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Philosophy

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