Bernard Mandeville; Edited by E J Hundert
Hundert is especially good at demonstrating how vital Mandeville's
ideas are as a major foundation for more famous Enlightenment
thinkers such as Rousseau, Diderot, Voltaire and others. . . . The
additions of Nicole and Bayle will be useful in courses on 18th
century ethics and morals, and in general surveys of Enlightenment
thought. This is probably the best one-volume edition of the main
works of Mandeville now available. --Irwin Primer, Rutgers
University
An excellent edition of a much needed text. E. J. Hundert's
addition of clear biographies, a coherent introduction, an
appendix, and suggested readings adds to the book's evident value
in graduate and undergraduate teaching. Hundert has done an
admirable job of contextualizing Mandeville's Fable in the
philosophical debates of human morality and sociability that were
crucial to the development of liberalism. There can be no better
and affordable introduction to the sources for students than
Hundert's new edition of this classic. --Fabio Lopez-Lazari,
Arizona State University
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