Eulogy of egoism

Erasmus from Rotterdam(1469-1536) written the Eulogy of craziness, I want be more sacrilege and I writing the eulogy of egoism; we are usual think that the egoism is evil, and for determined circumstances it is it is very right, also because we can’t think never that this sentiment can be also positive and necessary, why? Simple in economic context the egoism is necessary, so that an enterprise can lives, and the egoism is fundamental for the survive and to give the jobs to other, hence in egoism is altruism, because the chief takes from the money, but he gives or has given, in economy is frequent a judge: “For to gain the money they must invest, thence give the money, and for the enterprises is same they must give the money so that they can gain, but this solution must be think alone for the gain, otherwise this think there not is; usual we think the richness of somebody, but never we think the sacrifices and the job necessary to this richness, that is determined both the job and also from the fortune, that is element that can aid; I repeat, it is stemmed from the job, and certainly from the egoism of somebody, that after he gives the money and the job, but being he a private can think alone for his interest, that gives also the possibilities of job, certainly he select who can be useful, because it is enterprise not certainly charity; this act of egoism is normal in history, a sacrifice, in ancient time, was determined from a will of gain something from the gods, after the rest of animal sacrificed were given to the poor, hence a gesture of altruism, that has had a egoistic beginning, this is to gain something from the gods, that is pure egoism, for this the Christian religion has refused the egoism, that instead is, although secretly, is stressed from the Protestantism, because the names of saved are present alone in God, hence the faith is necessary for to save herself, that is egoism, but the Catholicism sins of egoism because, although otherwise secretly, when the faithful prays he make it alone for his salvation, that is egoism, in fact alone the saints have prayed for the mankind. The policy makes the same thing; when an strategy is used it is because the national interest that can brings a gain to the nation, when it is possible, but the policy must harms something, internal or external to the nation, that is egoism and altruism in same time; because the political man makes something for his nation, but it is composed from millions of citizens, therefore it is also altruism. The good education that our parents has given to us is altruism and egoism in same time, why? Simple because the good education is necessary to our parents to boast of our education, inasmuch pure egoism, but it is also altruism, because the good education is going to necessary for other lively circumstances, may in the job; so also is egoism and altruism, why? Simple because the job enable to us for keep our family, but ii is also egoism, because we demand the dependence from our gain, that is a psychological gratification, that is pure egoism. These examples are necessary to explain something that is normal and we don’t consider never, above all that to every altruism is secretly a will of egoism.

Alessandro Lusana