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Aristotle and New Spain: (Global Perspectives on the History of Natural Philosophy)

Aristotle and New Spain: (Global Perspectives on the History of Natural Philosophy)


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This book is a detailed exploration of the Hispanic intellectual context and the different Aristotelian traditions that prevailed until the 16th century. Through a review and contextualisation of Aristotelian thinkers and texts, it argues that a unique Aristotelian tradition was formed in New Spain. The characteristic differences of Novohispanic Aristotelianism are a consequence of five factors: contact with the autochthonous cultures of America, the impact of the colonial organisation, the influence of the Salamanca humanist tradition, the presence of the Italian Aristotelianism of Renaissance translators in the university curricula and in the intellectual polemics of the time, and a peculiar assimilation of primitive and Old Testament Christianity in relation to indigenous people. This book analyses the works of Alonso de la Veracruz, Bartolomé de las Casas, Bernardino de Sahagún, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, and Francisco Xavier Clavijero, reconsidering them in light of the history of ideas in New Spain and the contributions of Byzantine translators. It also offers a reflection on the problem of addressing Mexican colonial sources. This volume will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate philosophy students, as well as to researchers focused on Aristotle, Renaissance philosophy, or Latin American studies.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1. Philosophical Antecedents: The Methodological Case for a Novohispanic Philosophy 2. The Spanish Context and Its Influence on Novohispanic Philosophy 3. Aristotelianism and Its Traditions 4. Renaissance Aristotelianism 5. The Differences Between Aristotle and Aristotelian Thomism 6. Towards the Reception of Aristotle in New Spain 7. Understanding Novohispanic Aristotelianism: The Influence of the Posterior Analytics on the University Curriculum 8. Alonso’s Concept of the Soul and Its Aristotelian Roots 9. Alonso’s Logic and Aristotle’s Organon 10. Aristotle and Alonso’s Practical Philosophy 11. Aristotle, Bartolomé de las Casas, and Bernardino de Sahagún 12. From Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s and Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora’s Aristotelianism to Francisco Xavier Clavijero’s Naturalism 13. Latin American Aristotelianism and its Philosophical Implications: Some Arguments and Their Reconstruction. Conclusion: On Interpreting the Past

About the Author :
Virginia Aspe Armella is a full‑time researcher at the Faculty of Philosophy at Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City). She is the author of Approaches to the Theory of Freedom in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (2018) and a member of the Academia Hispano Americana de Ciencias, Artes y Letras de México.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781032705972
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 224
  • Weight: 590 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1032705973
  • Publisher Date: 31 Mar 2025
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Global Perspectives on the History of Natural Philosophy
  • Width: 156 mm


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