Thus every Part was full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass a Paradise; Flatter'd in Peace, and fear'd in Wars, They were th' Esteem of Foreigners, And lavish of their Wealth and Lives, The Balance of all other Hives. Bernard de Mandeville's Bienenfabel ... - Page 12by Paul Goldbach - 1886 - 71 pagesFull view - About this book
| Hugo Tristram Engelhardt - 2000 - 452 pages
...openmarket economy that allows lust and greed, placed within constraints, to generate wealth. He observes, "Thus every Part was full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass a Paradise. ..So Vice is beneficial found, When it's by Justice lopt and bound..." The Fable of the Bees (Indianapolis:... | |
| Amélie Rorty - 2001 - 376 pages
...been under the several great Commonwealths and Monarchies that have flourish'd since the Creation. [E]very Part was full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass...Foreigners, And lavish of their Wealth and Lives, The Balance of all other Hives. Such were the Blessings of that State; Their Crimes conspir'd to make... | |
| Roy Porter - 2000 - 772 pages
...aggressive and warlike. Being thus active and assertive, individuals and community flourished alike: Thus every Part was full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass...Flatter'd in Peace, and fear'd in Wars, They were th'Esteem of Foreigners, And lavish of their Wealth and Lives, The Ballance of all other Hives. Such... | |
| Muel Kaptein, Johan Ferdinand Dietrich Bernardus Wempe - 2002 - 364 pages
...that the flourishing hee economy falls into malaise. Before this change, life is descrihed as follows: Thus every part was full of vice, yet the whole mass...flatter'd in peace, and fear'd in wars, they were th'esteem of foreigners, and lavish of their wealth and lives, the halance of all other hives. Such... | |
| Jonathan Haslam - 2002 - 278 pages
...form of expenditure on luxuries - created public benefit, because it produced industry and employment: Thus every Part was full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass...Flatter'd in Peace, and fear'd in Wars, They were th'Esteem of Foreigners, And lavish of their Wealth and Lives, The Balance of all other Hives. Mandeville... | |
| Nils Karlson - 2002 - 248 pages
...One of the first well-known examples is Bernard Mandeville's "The Fable of the Bees" where he rhymes: 'Thus every part was full of vice. Yet the whole mass a paradise. ... Fools only strive. To make a great and honest hive".5 David Hume, Adam Ferguson, Dugald Stewart... | |
| María Cristina Ríos Espinosa - 2002 - 196 pages
...conceptual, hablar de un vicio, que es un beneficio general para la sociedad. David Hume, op.cit, p. 165. 150 Thus every part was full of vice Yet the whole mass a paradise.-* Existe otra manera de resolver la paradoja que Hume nos señala, en lugar de que Mandeville esté insinuando... | |
| Jerome M. Segal - 2003 - 302 pages
...Having painted this vivid picture, he takes his novel turn, maintaining that all this is to the good: Thus every Part was full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass...Foreigners, And lavish of their Wealth and Lives, The Balance of all other Hives. Such were the Blessings of that State; Their Crimes conspir'd to make... | |
| Mark C. Taylor - 2001 - 370 pages
...insight: Private Vices, Publick Benefits. A single couplet captures the substance of the argument: Thus every Part was full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass a Paradise The invisible hand at work in beehives and ant colonies can also be detected in economic systems. Individuals... | |
| Elena Ortells Montón, José Ramón Prado Pérez - 2003 - 150 pages
...capitalismo esta basado sobre una ironia paradqjica o una paradoja ironica, como bien resumen estos versos: Thus every part was full of vice Yet the whole mass a Paradise Por su parte, la metonimia tiene tambien una cierta presencia en el LE, como ya hemos visto en el texto.... | |
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