Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s Democrates secundus, rhetoric or ideology?

Democrates secundus can be considered as Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s most polemical and cited text. This book was not published during the author’s whole life, a fact that has been justified on ideological, moral, political and even guild grounds. This article places the book in the ideological contex...

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Main Author: Francisco Castilla Urbano
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Pontificia Comillas 2014-11-01
Series:Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica
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Online Access:https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/2279
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description Democrates secundus can be considered as Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s most polemical and cited text. This book was not published during the author’s whole life, a fact that has been justified on ideological, moral, political and even guild grounds. This article places the book in the ideological context of civic humanism, assimilated by Sepúlveda during his Italian stage. This humanism takes Rome and its classics as a model where the values of virtue, glory, culture, military bravery and patriotism are used to establish the Spanish superiority over the Indians. The just war would be the instrument applied to make real that superiority.
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spelling doaj.art-3be5655bc9984e0485b9fbe75f9ad3b32022-12-22T03:58:00ZspaUniversidad Pontificia ComillasPensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica0031-47492386-58222014-11-0166247831072134Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s Democrates secundus, rhetoric or ideology?Francisco Castilla Urbano0Universidad de Alcalá. MadridDemocrates secundus can be considered as Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s most polemical and cited text. This book was not published during the author’s whole life, a fact that has been justified on ideological, moral, political and even guild grounds. This article places the book in the ideological context of civic humanism, assimilated by Sepúlveda during his Italian stage. This humanism takes Rome and its classics as a model where the values of virtue, glory, culture, military bravery and patriotism are used to establish the Spanish superiority over the Indians. The just war would be the instrument applied to make real that superiority.https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/2279Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, virtud, gloria, patriotismo, humanismo cívico
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Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s Democrates secundus, rhetoric or ideology?
Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, virtud, gloria, patriotismo, humanismo cívico
title Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s Democrates secundus, rhetoric or ideology?
title_full Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s Democrates secundus, rhetoric or ideology?
title_fullStr Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s Democrates secundus, rhetoric or ideology?
title_full_unstemmed Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s Democrates secundus, rhetoric or ideology?
title_short Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s Democrates secundus, rhetoric or ideology?
title_sort juan gines de sepulveda s democrates secundus rhetoric or ideology
topic Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, virtud, gloria, patriotismo, humanismo cívico
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