Bernard Mandeville Knihy

Původně dvacetistránková báseň (1705) byla rozšířena o dvacet Poznámek, z nichž mnohé dosahují desítek stránek, (1714) a konečně doplněna dvěma eseji (1723).

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

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Mandeville is the wittiest and shrewdest philosopher ever to make a significant impact upon economics. He anticipated Oscar Wilde in choosing his enemies with great care, and within his own century they included David Hume, Adam Smith, and Francis Hutcheson. He could afford even such enemies because his friends and admirers have been legion. — George J. Stigler, University of Chicago It used to be that everyone read the "notorious" Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733). He was a great satirist and came to have a profound impact on economics, ethics, and social philosophy. The Fable 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.

Mandeville is the wittiest and shrewdest philosopher ever to make a significant impact upon economics. He anticipated Oscar Wilde in choosing his enemies with great care, and within his own century they included David Hume, Adam Smith, and Francis Hutcheson. He could afford even such enemies because his friends and admirers have been legion. — George J. Stigler, University of Chicago It used to be that everyone read the "notorious" Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733). He was a great satirist and came to have a profound impact on economics, ethics, and social philosophy. The Fable 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.

Mit 'A Modest Defence of Publick Stews' wurde der englischen Leserschaft 1724 von einem gewissen Phil-Porney, einem „Liebhaber der Huren“, ein wahrhaft delikater Eintopf kredenzt. Bereits im Titel dieser klandestinen Schrift – die rasch zu einem europaweiten Bestseller wurde – spielt der Autor hintersinnig auf öffentliche Freudenhäuser an: Mit 'stews', eigentlich schmorende Eintöpfe, sind Bordelle gemeint, quasi heiße Orte, an denen die Säfte zum Brodeln kommen. Der Autor, der schon in seiner ebenfalls anonym erschienenen 'Bienenfabel' die provokante These aufstellte, private Laster trügen zum öffentlichen Wohl bei, präsentiert mit seinem 'Versuch über die Hurerei' eine herrlich unterhaltsame Satire auf die Vertreter einer sittenstrengen Doppelmoral. Ursula Pia Jauch ist mit ihrer deutschen Erstübersetzung von Bernard Mandevilles brisantem Buch eine wahre Entdeckung gelungen; wie nebenbei macht sie überdies in ihrem klugen Essay eine ganze Epoche lebendig.