Mandeville's Fable: Pride, Hypocrisy, and Sociability

by Robin Douglass and Dr Robin Douglass

Why we should take Bernard Mandeville seriously as a philosopher

Bernard Mandeville's The Fable of the Bees outraged its eighteenth-century audience by proclaiming that private vices lead to public prosperity. Today the work is best known as an early iteration of laissez-faire capitalism. In this book, Robin Douglass looks beyond the notoriety of Mandeville's great work to reclaim its status as one of the most incisive philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691219176
• ISBN13: 9780691219172
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 6.1"