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The Fable of the Bees

Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits

By Bernard Mandeville
Introduction by Phillip Harth
Edited by Phillip Harth

By Bernard Mandeville
Introduction by Phillip Harth
Edited by Phillip Harth

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Sep 05, 1989 | ISBN 9780140445411

The Fable of the Bees by Bernard Mandeville
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About The Fable of the Bees

This masterpiece of eighteenth-century British satire sparked great social controversy by rejecting a positive view of human nature and arguing the necessity of vice as the foundation of an emerging capitalist economy.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

About Bernard Mandeville

Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733) was a Dutch-English physician, philosopher, and political economist, whose best known work is The Fable of the Bees. Originally a poem in 1705 that eventually became a treatise by 1714, The Fable of the Bees suggested many key economic principles, including… More about Bernard Mandeville

Product Details

Category: Philosophy | Nonfiction Classics | Poetry | History

Paperback | $17.00
Published by Penguin Classics
Sep 05, 1989 | 416 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140445411
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