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James Maffie - Aztec Philosophy - 9781607324614 - V9781607324614
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Aztec Philosophy

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Description for Aztec Philosophy Paperback. .
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. Bringing together the fields of comparative world philosophy and Mesoamerican studies, Maffie excavates the distinctly philosophical aspects of Aztec thought.   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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Colorado United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
Colorado, United States
ISBN
9781607324614
SKU
V9781607324614
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Ref
99-1

About James Maffie
James Maffie is principal lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and affiliate of the Latin American Studies Program at the University of Maryland.

Reviews for Aztec Philosophy
 “Stunning . . . a major breakthrough that will be a game-changer in Mesoamerican studies.”  —Alan Sandstrom, Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne "An elaborate, fascinating, and crucially important study of Aztec metaphysics . . . Maffie sets out to prove that the Aztecs not only had a philosophy, and a radically different one from the Greco-Christian West, but did philosophy ... Read more

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