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Lifetime:
1670 -
1733
Passed: ≈
292 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Bernard Mandeville
Books by Bernard Mandeville
Fable of the Bees
Philosophy
Political Science
Non-Fiction
Essays
Morality
Politics
Society
Economics
Human Nature
Ethics
Government
Philosophy
Virtues
Vices
Bernard Mandeville's "Fable of the Bees" is a provocative and influential work of philosophy that explores the relationship between individual vices and the collective good. Mandeville argues that while personal vices, such as greed and vanity, may s...