Aristotle and New Spain

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 contextualization of Aristotelian thinkers and texts, it argues that a unique Aristotelian tradition was formed in New Spain.

List 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.

Summary

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 contextualization of Aristotelian thinkers and texts, it argues that a unique Aristotelian tradition was formed in New Spain.

Product details

• Authors: Virginia Aspe Armella
• Assisted by: Juan Carlos González (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032705972
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3270597-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Global Perspectives on the History of Natural Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; HISTORY / Latin America / Central America, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Renaissance, Colonialism & imperialism, Historiography, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance