Bernard Mandeville's didactic poem praising the virtues that personal vices bestow on society as a whole, along with several treatises and dialogues explaining and defending it. Mandeville's theories were influential in the development of both the moral philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment and the methodology of modern economics. - Summary by Matthew Muñoz
Chapters
1 Part I, Preface 13 min 2 Part I, The Grumbling Hive: or Knaves turn'd Honest 19 min 3 Part I, The Introduction 2 min 4 Part I, An Inquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue 24 min 5 Part I, Remarks, Line 45 6 min 6 Part I, Remarks, Line 55 4 min 7 Part I, Remarks, Line 101 29 min 8 Part I, Remarks, Line 125 2 min 9 Part I, Remarks, Line 128 6 min 10 Part I, Remarks, Line 163 2 min 11 Part I, Remarks, Line 167 14 min 12 Part I, Remarks, Line 173 9 min 13 Part I, Remarks, Line 177 5 min 14 Part I, Remarks, Line 180 29 min 15 Part I, Remarks, Line 182 19 min 16 Part I, Remarks, Line 183 23 min 17 Part I, Remarks, Line 200 34 min 18 Part I, Remarks, Line 201 22 min 19 Part I, Remarks, Line 307 27 min 20 Part I, Remarks, Line 321 43 min 21 Part I, Remarks, Line 353 3 min 22 Part I, Remarks, Line 367 26 min 23 Part I, Remarks, Line 388 12 min 24 Part I, Remarks, Line 410 4 min 25 Part I, Remarks, Line 411 8 min 26 Part I, An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, Section 1 42 min 27 Part I, An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, Section 2 30 min 28 Part I, An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, Section 3 27 min 29 Part I, An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, Section 4 30 min 30 Part I, A Search into the Nature of Society, Section 1 46 min 31 Part I, A Search into the Nature of Society, Section 2 40 min 32 Part I, A Vindication of the Book, from the Aspersions contained in a Presentment of the Grand Jury of Middlesex, and an Abusive Letter to Lord C 48 min 33 Part II, Preface 43 min 34 Part II, The First Dialogue, Section 1 26 min 35 Part II, The First Dialogue, Section 2 31 min 36 Part II, The Second Dialogue, Section 1 35 min 37 Part II, The Second Dialogue, Section 2 34 min 38 Part II, The Third Dialogue, Section 1 47 min 39 Part II, The Third Dialogue, Section 2 41 min 40 Part II, The Fourth Dialogue, Section 1 38 min 41 Part II, The Fourth Dialogue, Section 2 46 min 42 Part II, The Fifth Dialogue, Section 1 43 min 43 Part II, The Fifth Dialogue, Section 2 43 min 44 Part II, The Fifth Dialogue, Section 3 44 min 45 Part II, The Sixth Dialogue, Section 1 45 min 46 Part II, The Sixth Dialogue, Section 2 45 min 47 Part II, The Sixth Dialogue, Section 3 42 min 48 Part II, The Sixth Dialogue, Section 4 38 min
