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Aztec Thought and Culture (Paperback, New edition)
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Aztec Thought and Culture (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Civilization of American Indian S., 67
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For at least two millennia before the advent of the Spaniards in
1519, there was a flourishing civilization in central Mexico.
During that long span of time a cultural evolution took place which
saw a high development of the arts and literature, the formulation
of complex religious doctrines, systems of education, and diverse
political and social organization. The rich documentation
concerning these people, commonly called Aztecs, includes, in
addition to a few codices written before the Conquest, thousands of
folios in the Nahuatl or Aztec language written by natives after
the Conquest. Adapting the Latin alphabet, which they had been
taught by the missionary friars, to their native tongue, they
recorded poems, chronicles, and traditions. The fundamental
concepts of ancient Mexico presented and examined in this book have
been taken from more than ninety original Aztec documents. They
concern the origin of the universe and of life, conjectures on the
mystery of God, the possibility of comprehending things beyond the
realm of experience, life after death, and the meaning of
education, history, and art. The philosophy of the Nahuatl wise
men, which probably stemmed from the ancient doctrines and
traditions of the Teotihuacans and Toltecs, quite often reveals
profound intuition and in some instances is remarkably -modern.-
This English edition is not a direct translation of the original
Spanish, but an adaptation and rewriting of the text for the
English-speaking reader.
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