Pride, Manners, and Morals: Bernard Mandeville's Anatomy of Honour
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A reading of the Anglo-Dutch physician and thinker’s philosophical project from the hitherto neglected perspective of his lifelong interest in the theme of honour. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Chastity and Courage 2 Bernard Mandeville’s Anatomy of Honour Prologue Rotterdam, Leyden and London 1 Mandeville’s Continental Background 2 Early Years in London: Translator and Poet 3 Be Careful What You Wish For: The Grumbling Hive Chapter 1 Mandeville’s Female Voices 1 The Century of Sex 2 The Virgin Unmask’d 3 Female Education: “What Girls Should Do with Latin?” Chapter 2 The Oxford Gentleman and Philopirio 1 Living Dead and Public Benefactors 2 The Duel of Honour 3 Medicine and Philosophy: The Hypp’d Nation Chapter 3 The Political Offspring of Pride 1 Powerful Persuasions 2 Men of Fashion, Bullies in Morality 3 Natural and Artificial Courage Chapter 4 Politeness and Virtue 1 Mandeville’s Rise to Fame 2 Hypocrisy and Self-Deception 3 The Ticklish Foundation of Female Virtue Chapter 5 Cleomenes and Horatio 1 Portrait of a Complete Gentleman 2 Self-Liking and the Origin of Politeness 3 A Conjectural History of Sociability Chapter 6 Modern Honour and the Cult of the Self 1 Martial Virtue 2 The History of Pride 3 Mandeville’s Challenge Conclusions Bibliography Index of Names and Subjects
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