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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 Shklar. “An Enquiry into the Origin of” this concept and an essay attacking the (*) Earl 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” in the subtitle (10[1])of Bernard Mandeville’s Fable of (10[1])the Bees. For 10 points, name this concept that, according to Aristotle, is found at a “golden mean” between two vices. ■END■

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