Número 34 - 2008
Articles

Los instrumentos argumentativos de la defensa lascasiana de la plena racionalidad de los indios

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  • Víctor Zorrilla
Víctor Zorrilla
Universidad Panamericana

Published 2013-11-28

Keywords

  • Las Casas,
  • anthropology,
  • American aboriginal cultures.
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Zorrilla, V. (2013). Los instrumentos argumentativos de la defensa lascasiana de la plena racionalidad de los indios. Tópicos, Revista De Filosofía, 34(1), 223-231. https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v34i1.154
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Abstract

This work studies Bartolomé de las Casas’ main arguments that defend the full rationality of the American Indians, in which we find (1) a positive description of the American Indian Cultures; (2) a comparison of the former with the ancient Indo-European Cultures; (3) the incorporation of the American Indian Cultures in to the world view of human civilizations; (4) the demonstration of certain negative characteristics found in pagan cultures which can only be over come through the preaching of the Gospel.

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