scholarly journals Correspondencia inédita entre Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda y Miguel de Arcos

1996 ◽  
Vol 47 (142) ◽  
pp. 261-295
Author(s):  
Julián García Pinilla
Keyword(s):  
Juan Gines De Sepulveda

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda on the Nature of the American Indians

1975 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 434-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
José A. Fernández-Santamaria
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Saint Augustine ◽  
Spanish Conquest ◽  
Las Casas ◽  
Bartolome De Las Casas ◽  
Intellectual Milieu ◽  
Composite Nature ◽  
Juan Gines De Sepulveda ◽  
Rule Out

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda epitomizes in many ways, both personally and intellectually, the cosmopolitanism of Spanish political thought in the sixteenth century. Educated in Italy, disciple of Pomponazzi, translator of Aristotle, chronicler of the Emperor and mentor of his son Philip, Sepúlveda is best known—and often misunderstood as the defender of the more unsavory aspects of the Spanish conquest and colonization in America—for his bitter controversy with Bartolomé de las Casas. To that debate Sepúlveda brought a humanist's training and outlook anchored in his devotion to Aristotle, but strongly tempered by his attachment to Saint Augustine. It is the purpose of this paper to examine Sepúlveda's ideas on the nature of the American natives, particularly the question of whether the Indians are natural slaves. Considerations of space, of course, rule out the possibility of undertaking here a detailed scrutiny of the foundations upon which those ideas rest. It can be said, however, that they are typically Renaissance views, a blend of traditions characteristic of the composite nature of the age's intellectual milieu.

scholarly journals EL CONCEPTO DE LEY NATURAL COMO INSTRUMENTO INTEGRADOR EN EL IMAGINARIO NOVOHISPANO

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Virginia Aspe Armella
Keyword(s):  
Las Casas ◽  
Bartolome De Las Casas ◽  
Juan Gines De Sepulveda

La presente investigación precisa qué entendieron por ley natural los pensadores más relevantes del siglo XVI novohispano. La autora intenta probar que gracias al concepto de ley natural se facilitó la supresión de un enfoque eurocentrista en ocasión de los usos y costumbres nahuas; es indudable que no todos los pensadores de la época tuvieron la misma interpretación de este concepto. Autores como Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda la concibieron de modo civilizatorio mientras que otros como Alonso de la Veracruz y Bartolomé de las Casas la interpretaron desde una perspectiva modal; fueron estos últimos los que gracias a dicho instrumento lograron oponerse a conceptos como el de esclavitud y barbarie.

scholarly journals La “defensa” aristotélica de la esclavitud de los indios americanos: a propósito del dominium e imperium en la lectura de Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda

Nova Tellus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-159
Author(s):  
Genaro Valencia Constantino
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Roman Law ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Latin Translation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Juan Gines De Sepulveda ◽  
Political Question ◽  
The Way

The so-called Aristotelian defense of enslaving the americans, which Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda supposedly yielded in the 16th century, is, as I shall try to prove along this paper, a misunderstanding produced by careless and simplistic interpretations which do not consider the Sepulveda’s approach to Aristotle’s Politics, the Latin translation he published, the political and social context on Hispanic Monarchy during that century and some key concepts of Roman Law. Besides, the preconception, created by Menéndez Pelayo, maybe unintentionally, by translating a part of the title of the treatise Democrates alter, sive de iustis belli causis apud Indos, by “against the indians”, printed a serious brand on Sepúlveda like a slavery defender since 19th century. With this text, I want to show the reading and interpretation Sepúlveda made about Aristotelian work in the light of textual and contextual conditionings, which make clear the way the spaniard humanist deals with the philosophical and political question of indigenous conquest.

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