What Bernard Mandeville thinks about happiness

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Anglo-Dutch philosopher and satirist (1670 to 1733); author of The Fable of the Bees.

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2 dated positions, c. 1714–1733, in their own words. Our reading of what Bernard Mandeville has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1714–1733

   Our readingEach person's vices, skilfully managed, serve the greatness and happiness of the whole

   Their wordsAfter that I show that those very vices, of every particular person, by skilful management, were made subservient to the grandeur and worldly happiness of the whole.

   ↗The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Public Benefits (1714; 1806 edition)gutenberg.org All 19 from this book

3. c. 1714–1733

   Our readingContentment is either close kin to laziness or even more opposed to industry

   Their wordsIf what has been said in this remark be duly weighed, we shall find either, that laziness and content are very near a-kin, or, if there be a great difference between them, that the latter is more contrary to industry than the former.

   ↗The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Public Benefits (1714; 1806 edition)gutenberg.org All 19 from this book