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An Introduction to Mesoamerican Philosophy

Author : Alexus McLeod
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009218751
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Mesoamerican Philosophy written by Alexus McLeod and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-03 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The philosophy of Mesoamerica – the indigenous groups of precolonial North-Central America – is rich and varied but relatively little-known. In this ground-breaking book, Alexus McLeod introduces the philosophical traditions of the Maya, Nahua (Aztecs), Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and others, focussing in particular on their treatment of language, truth, time, creation, personhood, knowledge, and morality. His wide-ranging discussion includes important texts of world literature such as the K'iche Maya Popol Vuh and the Aztec Florentine Codex, as well as precolonial glyphic texts and imagery. This comprehensive and accessible book will give students, specialists and other interested readers an understanding of Mesoamerican philosophy and a sense of the current scholarship in the field.

Aztec Philosophy

Author : James Maffie
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607322234
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Aztec Philosophy written by James Maffie and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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 non-hierarchical view of reality, time, and existence along with a pantheistic theology. Aztec Philosophy will be of great interest to Mesoamericanists, philosophers, religionists, folklorists, and Latin Americanists as well as students of indigenous philosophy, religion, and art of the Americas.

Philosophy of the Ancient Maya

Author : Alexus McLeod
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498531393
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of the Ancient Maya written by Alexus McLeod and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates some of the central topics of metaphysics in the philosophical thought of the Maya people of Mesoamerica, particularly from the Preclassic through Postclassic periods. This book covers the topics of time, change, identity, and truth, through comparative investigation integrating Maya texts and practices—such as Classic Period stelae, Postclassic Codices, and Colonial-era texts such as the Popol Vuh and the books of Chilam Balam—and early Chinese philosophy.

In the Language of Kings

Author : Miguel Leon-Portilla
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393324075
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book In the Language of Kings written by Miguel Leon-Portilla and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first anthology in any language to represent the full trajectory of this remarkable literature.

An Introduction to Latin American Philosophy

Author : Susana Nuccetelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107067642
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Latin American Philosophy written by Susana Nuccetelli and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the central topics in Latin American philosophy. It explores not only the unique insights offered by Latin American thinkers into pre-established fields of Western philosophy, but also the many 'isms' developed as a direct result of Latin American thought.

Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica

Author : Walter Robert Thurmond Witschey
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 081087167X
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica by : Walter Robert Thurmond Witschey

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica written by Walter Robert Thurmond Witschey and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mesoamerica is one of six major areas of the world where humans independently changed their culture from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle into settled communities, cities, and civilization. In addition to China (twice), the Indus Valley, the Fertile Crescent of southwest Asia, Egypt, and Peru, Mesoamerica was home to exciting and irreversible changes in human culture called the "Neolithic Revolution." The changes included domestication of plants and animals, leading to agriculture, husbandry, and eventually sedentary village life. These developments set the stage for the growth of cities, social stratification, craft specialization, warfare, writing, mathematics, and astronomy, or what we call the rise of civilization. These changes forever transformed humankind. The Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica covers the history of Mesoamerica through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 900 cross-referenced dictionary entries covering the major peoples, places, ideas, and events related to Mesoamerica. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Mesoamerica.

The Ritual Practice of Time

Author : Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004252363
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Ritual Practice of Time written by Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon the category “ritual practices of time” the book offers a comparative analytical model and theoretical insights about calendars in Mesoamerica and in general. This comprehensive study systematically explicates how ritual practises are represented and conceptualised in intellectual systems and societies.

An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy

Author : Stephen J. Laumakis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521854139
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (541 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy written by Stephen J. Laumakis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-21 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this clearly written undergraduate textbook, Stephen Laumakis explains the origin and development of Buddhist ideas and concepts, focusing on the philosophical ideas and arguments presented and defended by selected thinkers and sutras from various traditions. He starts with a sketch of the Buddha and the Dharma, and highlights the origins of Buddhism in India. He then considers specific details of the Dharma with special attention to Buddhist metaphysics and epistemology, and examines the development of Buddhism in China, Japan, and Tibet, concluding with the ideas of the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh. In each chapter he includes explanations of key terms and teachings, excerpts from primary source materials, and presentations of the arguments for each position. His book will be an invaluable guide for all who are interested in this rich and vibrant philosophy.

The Aztecs

Author : David Carrasco
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0195379381
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Aztecs written by David Carrasco and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry, and philosophy, who were also profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and through warfare.

The Ritual Practice of Time

Author : Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo
Publisher : Brill Academic Pub
ISBN 13 : 9789004252356
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book The Ritual Practice of Time written by Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo and published by Brill Academic Pub. This book was released on 2013 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon the category 'ritual practices of time' this book offers a comparative analytical model and theoretical insights about calendars in Mesoamerica and in general. This comprehensive study systematically explicates how ritual practises are represented and conceptualized in intellectual systems and societies.

From Africa to Zen

Author : Robert C. Solomon
Publisher : Rl Innactive Titles
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Africa to Zen written by Robert C. Solomon and published by Rl Innactive Titles. This book was released on 1993 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection, 12 scholars of non-Western philosophy aim to provide an introduction to some of the great and often neglected philosophical traditions of the world. While some of these cultures have long, written philosophical traditions, in others philosophy is to be found in poetry, mythology and folk tales, or is inseparable from wisdom of life in general. Subjects include: Chinese thought, Japanese thought, American Indian attitudes, Latin American traditions, Arabic philosophy, Persian philosophy, African philosophy, Indian philosophies, esoteric philosophy.

An Introduction to Early Greek Philosophy

Author : John Mansley Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Early Greek Philosophy written by John Mansley Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Toward a Stranger and More Posthuman Social Studies

Author : Bretton A. Varga
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 080776826X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Toward a Stranger and More Posthuman Social Studies written by Bretton A. Varga and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection of essays explores posthuman approaches to social studies education, challenging the field to think differently about the precarious status of the world. Authors examine how educators and scholars can foster more ethical ways of teaching, learning, and researching by cultivating a greater sense of attunement to the more-than-human"--

The Philosophy of Man

Author : Howard P. Kainz
Publisher : University : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Man written by Howard P. Kainz and published by University : University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The questions considered in this book are common to philosophers, psychologists and anthropologists alike: What is man, and how does he differ from the animals? Is it true that man is less ruled by instinct than animals? How is man affected by heredity and environment? In particular, how are masculine and feminine "traits" affected by heredity and/or environment? Are there any relatively clear-cut stages in the evolution of the individual and of the human race? Does man have a mind or soul distinct from the body, and does it entail the possibility of survival after physical death? Questions such as these posed throughout civilized time are examined anew in this book. Originally published by the University of Alabama Press in 1981.

Historical-critical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mythology

Author : F. W. J. Schelling
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 079147996X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Historical-critical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mythology written by F. W. J. Schelling and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appearing in English for the first time, Schelling’s 1842 lectures develop the idea that many philosophical concepts are born of religious-mythological notions.

The Eastern Philosophers

Author : Eric Walter Frederick Tomlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Eastern Philosophers written by Eric Walter Frederick Tomlin and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Path to Wisdom

Author : Dr. James Mittelstadt
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN 13 : 1482891336
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Path to Wisdom written by Dr. James Mittelstadt and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this book is on early Western Philosophy. It is obvious that they are other ancient and important strains of philosophy that are also highly significant in the development of universal philosophical thought. For example, I mention the ancient philosophies for India and China. These philosophical beginnings influenced the cultures of East Asia and Far East throughout many centuries and their basic ideas still influence many cultures in that area of the world. This book concentrates on the philosophical origins that for centuries influenced the cultures of the West. Primarily the origins began in ancient Greece, spread to many countries by Hellenism after Alexander the Great, expanded and added to even more by the way of Rome and its empire.