The Fable of the Bees: Or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits (Classics)
by Bernard Mandeville, Phillip Harth
In this influential classic, Bernard Mandeville examines how personal motives, moral conduct, commerce, and social prosperity are connected. Provocative and widely discussed, The Fable of the Bees challenges conventional assumptions about virtue and public benefit while offering a lasting contribution to philosophical and economic thought.
About This Book
Bernard Mandeville’s The Fable of the Bees is a classic work of philosophical and social commentary.
The book explores the relationship between private vices and public benefits, questioning how individual conduct can affect collective prosperity.
Its central argument examines morality, commerce, society, and the tensions between personal motives and public outcomes.
This edition presents Mandeville’s influential work alongside the scholarship of Phillip Harth.
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