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The Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits

Mandeville, Bernard

Read by Matthew Muñoz · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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00 - Part I, Preface (12:38)
01 - Part I, The Grumbling Hive: or Knaves turn’d Honest (18:53)
02 - Part I, The Introduction (1:39)
03 - Part I, An Inquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue (23:53)
04 - Part I, Remarks, Line 45 (5:30)
05 - Part I, Remarks, Line 55 (4:00)
06 - Part I, Remarks, Line 101 (29:28)
07 - Part I, Remarks, Line 125 (1:58)
08 - Part I, Remarks, Line 128 (5:39)
09 - Part I, Remarks, Line 163 (1:48)
10 - Part I, Remarks, Line 167 (14:02)
11 - Part I, Remarks, Line 173 (9:01)
12 - Part I, Remarks, Line 177 (4:34)
13 - Part I, Remarks, Line 180 (28:55)
14 - Part I, Remarks, Line 182 (18:33)
15 - Part I, Remarks, Line 183 (22:37)
16 - Part I, Remarks, Line 200 (34:10)
17 - Part I, Remarks, Line 201 (21:44)
18 - Part I, Remarks, Line 307 (26:35)
19 - Part I, Remarks, Line 321 (42:55)
20 - Part I, Remarks, Line 353 (2:52)
21 - Part I, Remarks, Line 367 (25:45)
22 - Part I, Remarks, Line 388 (12:05)
23 - Part I, Remarks, Line 410 (3:34)
24 - Part I, Remarks, Line 411 (8:15)
25 - Part I, An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, Section 1 (42:19)
26 - Part I, An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, Section 2 (29:53)
27 - Part I, An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, Section 3 (27:27)
28 - Part I, An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, Section 4 (30:16)
29 - Part I, A Search into the Nature of Society, Section 1 (46:15)
30 - Part I, A Search into the Nature of Society, Section 2 (40:11)
31 - 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—— (48:07)
32 - Part II, Preface (43:27)
33 - Part II, The First Dialogue, Section 1 (25:52)
34 - Part II, The First Dialogue, Section 2 (30:45)
35 - Part II, The Second Dialogue, Section 1 (35:24)
36 - Part II, The Second Dialogue, Section 2 (34:22)
37 - Part II, The Third Dialogue, Section 1 (46:37)
38 - Part II, The Third Dialogue, Section 2 (41:06)
39 - Part II, The Fourth Dialogue, Section 1 (38:25)
40 - Part II, The Fourth Dialogue, Section 2 (45:30)
41 - Part II, The Fifth Dialogue, Section 1 (43:10)
42 - Part II, The Fifth Dialogue, Section 2 (42:55)
43 - Part II, The Fifth Dialogue, Section 3 (43:54)
44 - Part II, The Sixth Dialogue, Section 1 (44:55)
45 - Part II, The Sixth Dialogue, Section 2 (45:13)
46 - Part II, The Sixth Dialogue, Section 3 (41:36)
47 - Part II, The Sixth Dialogue, Section 4 (38:08)

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