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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Sociability and sceptical sentimentalism

2. Intellectual change in Bernard Mandeville
i. Hobbism in The Fable of the bees
ii. The critique of Hobbism in the 1720s
ii. Part II and the history of civil society

3. The publishing history of The Fable of the bees
i. Mandeville’s publishers and the question of copyright ownership
ii. Jacob Tonson the younger and The Fable of the bees
iii. Part II and Origin of honour

4. Social theory in A Treatise of human nature
i. Hutchesonian leanings and anatomy of morals
ii. Hume’s distance from The Fable of the bees and his attachment to Mandeville
iii. Self-love and justice
iv. Self-liking and politeness
v. Government and political sociability

5. Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

Mandeville and Hume Anatomists of Civil Society

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: 08/07/2013
      ISBN13: 9780729410687, 978-0729410687
      ISBN10: 0729410684
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction: Sociability and sceptical sentimentalism

      2. Intellectual change in Bernard Mandeville
      i. Hobbism in The Fable of the bees
      ii. The critique of Hobbism in the 1720s
      ii. Part II and the history of civil society

      3. The publishing history of The Fable of the bees
      i. Mandeville’s publishers and the question of copyright ownership
      ii. Jacob Tonson the younger and The Fable of the bees
      iii. Part II and Origin of honour

      4. Social theory in A Treatise of human nature
      i. Hutchesonian leanings and anatomy of morals
      ii. Hume’s distance from The Fable of the bees and his attachment to Mandeville
      iii. Self-love and justice
      iv. Self-liking and politeness
      v. Government and political sociability

      5. Epilogue

      Bibliography

      Index

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