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There is a relatively new, philosophical take on this topic that may be of interest -- "Aztech Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion by James Maffie."
by clarkevans 8y ago
There is a relatively new, philosophical take on this topic that may be of interest -- "Aztech Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion by James Maffie."
- nyolfen 8y agocan you give a brief account of what it argues?
- abrowne 8y agoFrom the blurb on the Amazon page https://www.amazon.com/Aztec-Philosophy-Understanding-World-Motion/dp/160732461X/ https://www.amazon.com/Aztec-Philosophy-Understanding-World-... > In Aztec Philosophy, James Maffie shows the Aztecs advanced a highly sophisticated and internally coherent systematic philosophy worthy of consideration alongside other philosophies from around the world. [...] > > Aztec Philosophy focuses on the ways Aztec metaphysics—the Aztecs’ understanding of the nature, structure and constitution of reality—underpinned Aztec thinking about wisdom, ethics, politics, and aesthetics, and served as a backdrop for Aztec religious practices as well as everyday activities such as weaving, farming, and warfare. Aztec metaphysicians conceived reality and cosmos as a grand, ongoing process of weaving—theirs was a world in motion. [...] Maffie argues that Aztec metaphysics maintained a processive, transformational, and non-hierarchical view of reality, time, and existence along with a pantheistic theology.
- clarkevans 8y ago"It provides a formal description of Aztec metaphysics using the vocabulary of Western philosophy: Aztec metaphysics are monistic, non-hierarchical and process-oriented (pretty much the opposite of the ways that we think about reality). It explores different kinds of motion and oppositions that structure the Aztec universe, as well as an overarching metaphor of weaving that provides a model for thinking about the cosmos. Usefully mind-bending."