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• catalog abstract ""Although never censored, Bernard Mandeville's anonymously published The Fable of the Bees; or Private Vices, Public Benefits came to be regarded soon after its publication in 1723 as the Enlightenment's epitome of immorality. As a naturalistic account of the mechanisms that condition human desire and of the unintended stabilizing social consequences of self-interested action, it has since been recognized as one the eighteenth century's most significant works of social theory." "More sharply focused on Mandeville's social theory than any previous collection of his writings, this abridged and modernized edition includes the most pertinent sections of The Fable, a selection from Mandeville's An Enquiry into the Origin of Honor, and essential background reading from two of Mandeville's most important sources: Pierre Bayle and the Jansenist Pierre Nicole. E.J. Hundert's Introduction places Mandeville in a number of central eighteenth-century debates - particularly that of the nature and morality of commercial modernity - and underscores the degree to which Mandeville's reconception of egoism as a positive social force stood as a central problem, not only for his immediate English contemporaries, but for such philosophers as Hume, Rousseau, and Kant."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11354711.
• catalog contributor b11354712.
• catalog created "c1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "c1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
• catalog description ""Although never censored, Bernard Mandeville's anonymously published The Fable of the Bees; or Private Vices, Public Benefits came to be regarded soon after its publication in 1723 as the Enlightenment's epitome of immorality. As a naturalistic account of the mechanisms that condition human desire and of the unintended stabilizing social consequences of self-interested action, it has since been recognized as one the eighteenth century's most significant works of social theory." "More sharply focused on Mandeville's social theory than any previous collection of his writings, this abridged and modernized edition includes the most pertinent sections of The Fable, a selection from Mandeville's An Enquiry into the Origin of Honor, and essential background reading from two of Mandeville's most important sources: Pierre Bayle and the Jansenist Pierre Nicole. E.J. Hundert's Introduction places Mandeville in a number of central eighteenth-century debates - particularly that of the nature and morality of commercial modernity - and underscores the degree to which Mandeville's reconception of egoism as a positive social force stood as a central problem, not only for his immediate English contemporaries, but for such philosophers as Hume, Rousseau, and Kant."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "1. The Ideological Context of Mandeville's Rise to Fame. 2. Mandeville's Project: A Science of Socialized Man. Sources. Of Charity and Self-Love (1675) [On the nature and function of egoism] / Pierre Nicole. Miscellaneous Thoughts on the Comet of 1680 [On the relationship of belief to action] / Pierre Bayle -- Selections from The Fable of the Bees, Volume I (1723). The Preface [On the goals of the book]. The Grumbling Hive. The Introduction. An Enquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue [On the origins of morality]. Remark C [On honor, shame, and good manners]. Remark F [On vice]. Remark G [On vice and the public good]. Remark I [On avarice]. Remark K [On prodigality]. Remark L [On luxury]. Remark M [On pride and emulation].".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p; 227-228).".
• catalog extent "xxxii, 228 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0872203743 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0872203751 (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "c1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Indianapolis : Hackett Pub.,".
• catalog subject "170 21".
• catalog subject "BJ1520 .M4 1997".
• catalog subject "Ethics.".
• catalog subject "Social ethics.".
• catalog subject "Virtue.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The Ideological Context of Mandeville's Rise to Fame. 2. Mandeville's Project: A Science of Socialized Man. Sources. Of Charity and Self-Love (1675) [On the nature and function of egoism] / Pierre Nicole. Miscellaneous Thoughts on the Comet of 1680 [On the relationship of belief to action] / Pierre Bayle -- Selections from The Fable of the Bees, Volume I (1723). The Preface [On the goals of the book]. The Grumbling Hive. The Introduction. An Enquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue [On the origins of morality]. Remark C [On honor, shame, and good manners]. Remark F [On vice]. Remark G [On vice and the public good]. Remark I [On avarice]. Remark K [On prodigality]. Remark L [On luxury]. Remark M [On pride and emulation].".
• catalog title "The fable of the bees : and other writings / Bernard Mandeville ; abridged and edited, with an introduction and notes, by E.J. Hundert.".
• catalog type "text".