Donkeys in Paradise: The Influence of Skeptical Philosophy in the Myth of the Noble Savage

This paper studies the influence of sceptic philosophy in the formation of the myth of the «good savage». The first part analizes the importance of scepticism in the XVIth, XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. The second part shows how the sceptic stamp of authors as Erasmus and Montaigne (XVIth century),...

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Main Author: Bernat Castany Prado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA) 2016-11-01
Series:Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro
Online Access:http://revistahipogrifo.com/index.php/hipogrifo/article/view/179
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spelling doaj-e11d9c480b9b4709b6d9443df3137bcc2020-11-24T20:54:33ZengInstituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA)Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro2328-13082016-11-014214916810.13035/H.2016.04.02.13145Donkeys in Paradise: The Influence of Skeptical Philosophy in the Myth of the Noble SavageBernat Castany Prado0Universitat de BarcelonaThis paper studies the influence of sceptic philosophy in the formation of the myth of the «good savage». The first part analizes the importance of scepticism in the XVIth, XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. The second part shows how the sceptic stamp of authors as Erasmus and Montaigne (XVIth century), Bayle and La Mothe Le Vayer (XVIIth century) or Diderot and Voltaire (XVIIIth century) influenced in the way that Europe treated the matter of the American indigenous.http://revistahipogrifo.com/index.php/hipogrifo/article/view/179
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Donkeys in Paradise: The Influence of Skeptical Philosophy in the Myth of the Noble Savage
Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro
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title Donkeys in Paradise: The Influence of Skeptical Philosophy in the Myth of the Noble Savage
title_short Donkeys in Paradise: The Influence of Skeptical Philosophy in the Myth of the Noble Savage
title_full Donkeys in Paradise: The Influence of Skeptical Philosophy in the Myth of the Noble Savage
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publisher Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA)
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description This paper studies the influence of sceptic philosophy in the formation of the myth of the «good savage». The first part analizes the importance of scepticism in the XVIth, XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. The second part shows how the sceptic stamp of authors as Erasmus and Montaigne (XVIth century), Bayle and La Mothe Le Vayer (XVIIth century) or Diderot and Voltaire (XVIIIth century) influenced in the way that Europe treated the matter of the American indigenous.
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