Fable of the Bees, Volumes 1 & 2

Autori

• Bernard de Mandeville

Parametri

• Economia e affari
• Filosofia
• Narrativa
• Scienze politiche & Politica
• Storia

Maggiori informazioni sul libro

The Fable of the Bees begins with a poem and continues with a number of essays and dialogues. It is all tied together by the startling and original idea that “private vices” (self-interest) lead to “publick benefits” (the development and operation of society). From that simple beginning, Mandeville saw that orderly social structures (such as law, language, the market, and even the growth of knowledge) were a spontaneous growth developing out of individual human actions

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1988

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