Name: The Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits
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Author: Bernard Mandeville
ISBN: 9789355392916

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The Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits

Type

Physical Book

Author

Bernard Mandeville

Publisher

Alpha Edition

Language

English

Pages

452

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm

Weight

0.66 kg.

ISBN13

9789355392916

Synopsis "The Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits "

The book "" The Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Bernard Mandeville

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Bernard Mandeville (Rotterdam, November 15, 1670 – Hackney, January 21, 1733) was an influential Anglo-Dutch thinker: physician, satirist, moral philosopher, and proto-economist. He earned his medical degree in Leiden in 1691 and moved to England shortly thereafter, where he practiced as a specialist in nervous and digestive diseases, and became highly esteemed socially.

His most famous work, The Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Public Benefits (1714), includes the original poem The Grumbling Hive (1705) accompanied by philosophical essays on moral virtue, benevolence, and hypotheses of society.
In this satire, Mandeville presents the paradox: private vices—such as luxury, vanity, or lust—generate social benefits by boosting consumption and employment, while austere virtue detracts from wealth and economic dynamism.

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