![]() ![]() Mandeville was convinced that the true urge for action arises from passions sheltering in human nature. With this ironical resort he sought to unmask the hypocritical mortality of his time, since going deeply into that idea of virtue some manifestation of egoism can be found. Mandeville defended, as an attribute of his model of society, luxury, greed and selfishness in any possible manifestation, but he did so adopting an ascetic concept of virtue as a satirical instrument. The importance of Mandeville's thought at the present time seems to be unquestionable because it is possible to discover in his works a kind of reasoning that legitimizes the appropriate free market to an open commercial and flourishing society, in which the following paradox emerges: self-interest and private vices make public benefit spontaneously. Palabras clave: fabula de las abejas, vicios privados, bienestar publico, virtud ascetica, sociedad comercial abierta, fabulador satirico, politicos sagaces, virtudes tranquilas, pasiones egoistas Abstract The annoying mirror of the fable of the bees has attracted the attention of eminent thinkers and Bernard Mandeville, particularly known as the author of that fable, acquired a well deserved reputation in the culture of the European Enlightenment. Mandeville estaba convencido de que el verdadero impulso para la accion proviene de las pasiones que anidan en la naturaleza humana. Con este recurso ironico pretendia desenmascarar la hipocresia de la moralidad de su tiempo porque ahondando en esa idea de virtud siempre aparece alguna forma de egoismo. Defendia, como atributo de este modelo de sociedad burguesa, el lujo, la avaricia y el egoismo en todas sus manifestaciones pero lo hacia, adoptando como recurso satirico, un concepto ascetico de la virtud. La actualidad de Mandeville parece indiscutible porque se aprecia en sus obras un discurso legitimador del libre mercado propio de una sociedad comercial abierta y prospera, en el que se produce la siguiente paradoja: el propio interes y los vicios privados proporcionan de forma espontanea el bienestar publico. ![]() DOI: 10.12957/rqi.2017.26764 Resumen El molesto espejo de la Fabula de las abejas ha llamado la atencion de importantes autores y Bernard Mandeville, conocido sobre todo como el autor de esa fabula, adquirio merecida fama en la cultura europea de la ilustracion. Trabalho enviado em 26 de dezembro de 2016.Aceito em 27 de fevereiro de 2017. ![]()
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