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Aztec Philosophy Understanding a World in Motion James ~ In Aztec Philosophy James Maffie shows the Aztecs advanced a highly sophisticated and internally coherent systematic philosophy worthy of consideration alongside other philosophies from around the world
Aztec Philosophy Understanding a World in Motion by James ~ James Maffies work Aztec Philosophy is a work that details the cosmology of the Aztecs up through the late 16thearly 17th century In it he goes through how this society understood the world through teotl
Aztec Philosophy Understanding a World in Motion ~ Although Maffie occasionally gestures at an Aztec understanding of ethics epistemology aesthetics and social and political philosophy and tangentially discusses an Aztec theory of truth the focus of this substantial tome is the Aztec view of the nature structure and constitution of reality of what exists and the kind of existence that existing things enjoy 21
Customer reviews Aztec Philosophy ~ Whereas Western philosophy considers the unchanging to be “real” MexicaAztec philosophy sees reality as something that is never really fixed but always in motion always becoming Maffie peels away the Eurocentric distortions of the Spanish conquistadors and New Age pseudoscience of modern culture to reveal a rational orderly philosophy that challenges our modern worldview to its core
Aztec Philosophy Understanding a World in Motion ~ Aztec Philosophy focuses on the ways Aztec metaphysics—the Aztecs’ understanding of the nature structure and constitution of reality—underpinned Aztec thinking about wisdom ethics politics and aesthetics and served as a backdrop for Aztec religious practices as well as everyday activities such as weaving farming and warfare Aztec metaphysicians conceived reality and cosmos as a grand ongoing process of weaving—theirs was a world in motion
Aztec Philosophy Understanding a World in Motion on JSTOR ~ Aztec metaphysicians conceived reality and cosmos as a grand ongoing process of weavingtheirs was a world in motion Drawing upon linguistic ethnohistorical archaeological historical and contemporary ethnographic evidence Maffie argues that Aztec metaphysics maintained a processive transformational and nonhierarchical view of reality time and existence along with a pantheistic theology
Aztec Philosophy Understanding a World in Motion James ~ Aztec metaphysicians conceived reality and cosmos as a grand ongoing process of weaving—theirs was a world in motion Drawing upon linguistic ethnohistorical archaeological historical and contemporary ethnographic evidence Maffie argues that Aztec metaphysics maintained a processive transformational and nonhierarchical view of reality time and existence along with a pantheistic theology
Aztec philosophy understanding a world in motion ~ Aztec metaphysicians conceived reality and cosmos as a grand ongoing process of weavingtheirs was a world in motion Drawing upon linguistic ethnohistorical archaeological historical and contemporary ethnographic evidence Maffie argues that Aztec metaphysics maintained a processive transformational and nonhierarchical view of reality time and existence along with a pantheistic theology
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