The Fable of the Bees

About “The Fable of the Bees”

The Fable of the Bees is a book by Bernard Mandeville, first published in 1714. It includes the satirical poem The Grumbling Hive: or, Knaves turn'd Honest, which was originally published in 1705. The book also contains a prose discussion called "Remarks" and an essay titled An Enquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue. A second edition was published in 1723, which added two new essays. The work explores themes of human behavior, morality, and society through satire and philosophical analysis. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)