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Title:The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Public Benefits
Author:Bernard Mandeville, (1670–1733)[Info]
Language:English
Original publication date:1806
Keywords:Charity-schools
Ethics
Virtue
Library of Congress:[12006166]
Open Library (Book):[OL25451093M]
Open Library (Work):[OL16824068W]

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