Pre-Columbian Philosophies

A Companion to Latin American Philosophy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 8-22

  Maffie, James ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

"Latin America" enjoying long and rich traditions of philosophical inquiry; Andean and Aztec philosophies; Andean cosmos "open" human beings in continuing equilibrium; Contact era Aztec or Nahua philosophy; Contact period indigenous Andean philosophy; Nahua philosophers language primarily as a guiding behavior; Nahua philosophy and tlamatiliztli ("wisdom" or "knowledge"); Nahua wisdom aimed at teaching humans to maintain their balance; Pre Columbian Aztec and Andean philosophies ways of being human in the world; Pre columbian philosophies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891006584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444314847.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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