著者

登尾 章

出版者

日本法哲学会

雑誌

法哲学年報 (ISSN:03872890)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2003, pp.203-211,226, 2004-10-20 (Released:2008-11-17)

参考文献数

15

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Berard Mandeville has been exposed to various criticisms. But I believe the critics were sticking only to his texts so superficially that they failed to discover what Mandeville really meant with his apparent contradictions. But once we penetrate deep into his writings, we can see what he really wanted to insist was a pessimistic anthropology, which is not only compatible with but also inevitable component for a more honest understanding of the free society.