id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 29478 Mandeville, Bernard A Letter to Dion .txt text/plain 24814 1210 72 Vices, Publick Benefits," of _The Fable of the Bees_, that the Christian rigorism by Mandeville's time had had a long history. Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits_, is Report, concerning _The Fable of the Bees_, as if it was a wicked Book, Mind to mispend his Time, has a very good Reason for not reading it. Author, who dares to expose Vice, and the Luxury of the Time he lives that, without having read the Book it self, No body knows what to make Luxury, tho' depending upon the Vices of Man, is absolutely necessary the luxurious Lives of some Men; my shewing the great Scarcity of The true Reason why I made use of the Title, _Private Vices, Publick it is said, in _The Fable of the Bees_, that without Vices, no great People in general, I mean the Virtues and Vices of a whole Nation, are ./cache/29478.txt ./txt/29478.txt