Fable of the Bees : Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits, Paperback by Mandevil...

Description: Fable of the Bees : Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits, Paperback by Mandeville, Bernard, ISBN 0865970750, ISBN-13 9780865970755, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

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.

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Book Title: Fable of the Bees : Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits

Number of Pages: 1044 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Fable of the Bees 2-Vol Pb Set

Publisher: Liberty Fund, Incorporated

Publication Year: 1988

Subject: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, General

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 58.3 Oz

Item Length: 9 in

Subject Area: Law, Philosophy

Author: Bernard Mandeville

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback