‎FREDERICK II (FREDERICK THE GREAT)‎
‎Discours Prononcé A L'Assemblée Ordinaire De L'Académie Royale Des Sciences Et Belles-Lettres De Prusse, Le Jeudi II. Janvier 1770.‎

‎Berlin, Voss, 1770. 8vo. In later marbled paper covered boards. Paper on front hinge partly detached. Internally nice and clean. 32 pp.‎

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‎First seperate edition of this important philosophical essay by Frederick II of Prussia (1712–1786) originally delivered before the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and Belles-Lettres on 11 January 1770. Here Frederick examines the nature of self-love and its relationship to morality arguing that self-interest, when properly directed, can serve as a foundation for virtuous conduct and the welfare of society.‎