Discourses of the Elders: The Aztec Huehuetlatolli - Softcover

Purcell, Sebastian

 
9781324076162: Discourses of the Elders: The Aztec Huehuetlatolli

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HuehuetlatolliNovel in its form, the Discourses consists of short conversations between elders and young people on how to achieve a meaningful and morally sound life. The Aztecs had a metaphysical tradition but no concept of “being.” They considered the mind an embodied force, present not just in the brain but throughout the body. Their core values relied on collective responsibility and group wisdom, not individual thought and action, orienting life around one’s actions in this realm rather than an afterlife, distinctly opposed to the Christian beliefs that permeate Europe and America.Discourses of the Elders

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Sebastian Purcell is an award-winning associate professor of philosophy at SUNY-Cortland in New York, where he researches ethics, Aztec philosophy, and mathematical logic. He resides in Binghamton, New York.

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ISBN 10:  132402058X ISBN 13:  9781324020585
Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2023
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