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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 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 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. The opposite of this concept is said to cause “public benefits” (-5[1])in the subtitle of Bernard Mandeville’s Fable of the Bees. For 10 points, name this concept that, according to Aristotle, is found at a “golden mean” between two vices. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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