An inquiry into the origin of moral virtue; wherein the false notions of Machiavel, Hobbes, Spinosa, Bayle, &c. as they are collected and digested by Dr. Mandeville, in his Fable of the bees, are examin'd and confuted; and the external and unalterable nature and obligation of moral virtue is stated and vindicated. By the Rev. ... Mr. Campbel. To which is added, a prefatory introduction, to Dr. Mandeville, by A. Innes, D.D.

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  • An inquiry into the origin of moral virtue; wherein the false notions of Machiavel, Hobbes, Spinosa, Bayle, &c. as they are collected and digested by Dr. Mandeville, in his Fable of the bees, are examin'd and confuted; and the external and unalterable nature and obligation of moral virtue is stated and vindicated. By the Rev. ... Mr. Campbel. To which is added, a prefatory introduction, to Dr. Mandeville, by A. Innes, D.D.
  • Aret?-logia
People / Organizations
Imprint
London: printed for B. Creake, and sold by Olive Payne, 1739.
Publication year
1739-1739
ESTC No.
T188845
Grub Street ID
224551
Description
[8],xli,[1],333,[3]p. ; 8⁰
Note
With a final errata leaf.

First published as 'Aret?-logia' (transliterated from the Greek), in Westminster, in 1728.