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... ethical theory , it will be necessary to sketch briefly his general philosophical position . A good part of Mandeville will escape in the process : the wit , humor , and worldly - wise cynicism which gave his thought its edge must be ...
... ethical theory , it will be necessary to sketch briefly his general philosophical position . A good part of Mandeville will escape in the process : the wit , humor , and worldly - wise cynicism which gave his thought its edge must be ...
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... ethical irritant of its generation . The case might be put more formally : Mandeville's critics are forced in their considera- tion of him to adopt in common the utilitarian attitude . Yet these critics were very dissimilar thinkers ...
... ethical irritant of its generation . The case might be put more formally : Mandeville's critics are forced in their considera- tion of him to adopt in common the utilitarian attitude . Yet these critics were very dissimilar thinkers ...
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... ethical speculation . Now , as has been indicated above , the relations between Mande- ville and the ethical philosophers of his age were very close , espe- cially as to the conception of human nature which underlies the economic theory ...
... ethical speculation . Now , as has been indicated above , the relations between Mande- ville and the ethical philosophers of his age were very close , espe- cially as to the conception of human nature which underlies the economic theory ...
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The Beggars Opera | 14 |
The Authenticity of Anna Sewards Published Correspondence | 50 |
Suggestions toward a Genealogy of The Man of Feeling | 61 |
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