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A 1723 essay titled for this concept claims that it was invented by “skillful politicians” who discovered that flattery is “the most (15[2])powerful argument to use on human creatures.” Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature introduced a distinction between natural and artificial forms of this concept. A book titled for the (emphasize:) opposite of this concept calls Montaigne the first modern liberal for believing that the worst thing one can do is be cruel; that book is by Judith (15[1])Shklar. (15[1]-5[1])“An Enquiry (-5[1])into the Origin of” this concept (-5[1])and an essay attacking the (*) Earl (-5[1])of Shaftesbury were appended to later editions of a poem in which Jove imbues a society with this concept, causing it to collapse. (10[1])The opposite of this concept is said to cause “public benefits” (-5[1])in the subtitle (10[1])of Bernard Mandeville’s Fable of (10[1])the Bees. For 10 points, name this concept that, (-5[1])according to Aristotle, is found at a “golden mean” (10[1])between two vices. ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

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