This work reflects on hypochondria as well as on the global functioning of the human mind and on the place of the patient/physician relationship in the wider organisation of society. First published in 1711, revised and enlarged in 1730, and now edited and published with a criti…
"This work reflects on hypochondria as well as on the global functioning of the human mind and on the place of the patient/physician relationship in the wider organisation of society. First published in 1711, revised and enlarged in 1730, and now edited and published with a crit…
Mandeville and Hume: anatomists of civil society
by The Voltaire Foundation, Tolonen, Mikko
fromSVEC
The Fable of the bees and the Treatise of human nature were written to define and dissect the essential components of a 'civil society.' How have early readings of the Fable skewed our understanding of the work and its author? To what extent did Mandeville's celebrated work infl…
