Starting by analysing the atheist’s character, Mandeville gets gradually closer to Bayle’s thesis on virtuous atheism, but he takes a different turn, and maintains that a society without religion cannot exist because atheism goes against a natural passion: fear of invisible causes. In order to understand Mandeville’s position on this last point, in the second part of this essay I will consider his reflection on the origin and on the social and political functions of religion.
Atheism, Religion and Society in Mandeville's Thought / M. Simonazzi (STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE). - In: Bernard de Mandeville's tropology of paradoxes : morals, politics, economics, and therapy / [a cura di] E. Balsemao Pires, J. Braga. - Prima edizione. - New York : Springer, 2015. - ISBN 9783319193809. - pp. 221-242 (( convegno Utopia seated in the Brain : Commemorative Conference of Bernard de Mandeville's 300th Anniversary of the Fable of the Bees. tenutosi a Coimbra nel 2013 [10.1007/978-3-319-19381-6_17].
Atheism, Religion and Society in Mandeville's Thought
M. Simonazzi
2015
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Starting by analysing the atheist’s character, Mandeville gets gradually closer to Bayle’s thesis on virtuous atheism, but he takes a different turn, and maintains that a society without religion cannot exist because atheism goes against a natural passion: fear of invisible causes. In order to understand Mandeville’s position on this last point, in the second part of this essay I will consider his reflection on the origin and on the social and political functions of religion.
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