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Title

Aztec thought and culture; a study of the ancient Nahuatl mind. Translated from the Spanish by Jack Emory Davis.

Author

León Portilla, Miguel

Publication

Norman, University of Oklahoma Press [1963]

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Description

241 p. illus.; 24 cm.

Summary

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". [Book jacket].

Series Statement

Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 67

Uniform Title

• Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 67.
• Filosofía náhuatl. English

Alternative Title

Filosofía náhuatl.

Subject

• Aztec philosophy
• Indian philosophy > Mexico
• Indians, North American
• Nahua philosophy
• Nahuas
• Philosophy

Note

• A translation and adaptation of the author's La filosofía náhuatl.
• Henry Clifford Bequest.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Aztec universe -- The levels of heaven -- The sun of the Second Age -- A page of the Códice Matritense -- The statue of Coatlicue -- The temple of Quetzalcóatl -- Drawings from the Madrid Codex, fol. 254,v. -- Drawings from the Madrid Codex, fol. 255,v. -- The "plumed serpent" -- Aztec head of a dead man -- The god Xochipilli -- The Nahuatl-Aztec world.

ISBN

• 0806105690 (cloth)
• 0806122951 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^63011019^/L/r944

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library