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Bernard Mandeville

“First, to define the passion of shame, I think it may be called a sorrowful reflection on our own unworthiness, proceeding from an apprehension that others either do, or might, if they knew all, deservedly despise us.”

Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits: Exploring Self-Interest and Societal Progress in the Enlightenment Era
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