Pobreza, trabajo y comunidad en Vasco de Quiroga poverty, work, and community in Vasco de Quiroga Article uri icon

abstract

  • We discuss some thesis on economics considered by the Spanish humanist thinkers and how they influenced Vasco de Quiroga. First, we consider his idea of poverty in comparison to that of his contemporary Juan Luis Vives, since town-hospitals were founded mostly to relieve the poor. Then, we consider how did Thomas Moore’s view on the importance of work and its communitarian approach inspire his, and its relation with commerce, money and property. Finally, the article briefly studies the concept of “communitarian goods” that Quiroga takes from the ideal of the primitive Church, since he considers it resembles the original indigenous economy. © 2020 Instituto Teologico de Caceres, Universidad de Extremadura. All rights reserved.

publication date

  • 2020-01-01