The Fable of the Bees: And Other Writings
Bernard Mandeville, E. J. (Translator) Hundert, E. J. Hundert (Editor),Paperback - ABR, Edition: 1,Series: Classics Series, English-language edition,Pub by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Bernard Mandeville, E. J. (Translator) Hundert, E. J. Hundert (Editor),Paperback - ABR, Edition: 1,Series: Classics Series, English-language edition,Pub by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780872203747 (0872203743)
ASIN: 872203743
Publish date: November 1st 1997
Publisher: Hackett Pub Co
Pages no: 228
Edition language: English
A workmanlike poem followed by a very interesting political essay about "virtue" and "vice", and what those words really mean, and how essential they are for a prosperous society. In my reading of it, there are two main premises, both of which must have been controversial at the time. The first is t...