Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733) was a philosopher, political economist, and satirist, best known for The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices, Public Benefits. Mandeville's views of human nature were seen by his critics as cynical and degrading, but he endeavored to show that all social laws are the crystallized results of selfish aggrandizement and protective alliances among the weak.
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Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733) was a philosopher, political economist, and satirist, best known for The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices, Public Benefits. Mandeville's views of human nature were seen by his critics as cynical and degrading, but he endeavored to show that all social laws are the crystallized results of selfish aggrandizement and protective alliances among the weak.
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Add this copy of The Mischiefs That Ought Justly to Be Apprehended From to cart. $18.00, very good condition, Sold by Dorley House Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hagerstown, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by William Andrews Clark Memorial Library; Augustan Reprint Society.
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1975, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library; Augustan Reprint Society