Enlightenment's fable, the: bernard mandeville and the discovery of society
Auteur :
Hundert, E. J.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521619424
Date de publication :
17 févr. 2005
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,0 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
466 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The Enlightenment's 'Fable' examines the challenge offered to traditional morality and social understanding by Bernard Mandeville, whose infamous maxim 'private vices, public benefits' profoundly disturbed his contemporaries, and whose Fable of the Bees influenced Hume, Rousseau, Kant, and Adam Smith.