1.3 Did the Aztecs Do Philosophy?

Alejandro Santana (Mexican American)

Online Reading

• Purcell, Sebastian. “Aztec Philosophy.”
• Aztecs at Mexicolore. “Weaving the Aztec Cosmos: The Metaphysics of the 5th Era.”
• Birondo, Noell. “The Virtues of Mestizaje: Lessons from Las Casas on Aztec Human Sacrifice.” Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy 19, no. 2 (2020): 2–8.
• Maffie, James. “The Epistemology of Aztec Time-Keeping,” Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy 3, no. 2 (2004): 95–101.
• Maffie, Jim. “Teaching Aztec (Mexica) Philosophy: Discussion and Syllabus.” Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy 16, no. 1 (2016): 23–25. (See also the syllabus that follows the article.)
• Purcell, Sebastian. “Eudaimonia and Neltiliztli: Aristotle and the Aztecs on the Good Life.” Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy 16, no. 2 (2017): 10–20.

Articles, Books, and Book Chapters

• Tomlinson, Gary. “Ideologies of Aztec Song.” Journal of the American Musicological Society 48, no. 3 (1995): 343–79.
• Hester, Jr., Thurman Lee, and Dennis McPherson. “The Euro-American Philosophical Tradition and Its Ability to Examine Indigenous Philosophy.” Ayaangwaamizim: The International Journal of Indigenous Philosophy 1, no. 1 (1997): 3–9.
• “Legend of the Suns.” In The Codex Chimalpopoca: History and Mythology of the Aztecs, translated by John Bierhorst (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1992): 139–62.
• Maffie, James. Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion. University Press of Colorado, 2014.
• León-Portilla, Miguel. Aztec Thought and Culture: A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind. University of Oklahoma Press, 1963.