Project Gutenberg 2015-11-11 Public domain in the USA. 130 Acosta, José de 1540 1600 Acosta, Jose de De Acosta, José Acosta, Joseph de Historia natural y moral de las Indias (vol. 2 of 2) Produced by Giovanni Fini, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Historia natural y moral de las Indias" by José de Acosta is a historical account written in the late 16th century. The work provides a comprehensive examination of the natural history and the moral practices of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. In it, Acosta delves into various aspects of life, including the customs, religions, and sociopolitical structures of native societies, integrating both natural observations and moral reflections. At the start of the text, Acosta introduces the shift from discussing natural history to moral considerations, focusing on the customs and historical practices of the indigenous populations. He poses the idolatries and religious practices of these groups, attributing the roots of their beliefs to the pride and envy of the devil. The chapters summarize various forms of idol worship, emphasizing the complexity and diversity of their spiritual beliefs and practices, including reverence for natural elements and ancestors. Furthermore, Acosta indicates his intent to juxtapose these indigenous practices with Christian values, aiming to highlight the need for spiritual enlightenment through the Christian Gospel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) es America -- Early accounts to 1600 America -- Description and travel Acosta, José de, 1540-1600 -- Travel -- America Indians of Mexico -- Early works to 1800 Indians of South America -- Early works to 1800 Natural history -- America E011 Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Browsing: Travel & Geography 606500 606501 2024-09-21T05:49:56.815125 2023-09-22T03:43:25.860342 text/html text/html 592907 2015-11-10T18:57:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 218629 2015-11-10T18:57:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 355383 2024-09-21T05:50:08.901089 application/epub+zip 359424 2024-09-21T05:49:58.896122 application/epub+zip 359423 2024-09-21T05:49:58.069106 application/epub+zip 484683 2024-09-21T05:50:16.238022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392975 2024-09-21T05:50:08.006041 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393249 2022-09-22T18:36:55.877751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 507260 507030 2024-09-21T05:49:55.661156 2023-09-22T03:43:24.774350 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 507513 2015-11-10T18:56:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 183272 2015-11-10T18:57:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20253 2024-09-21T05:50:16.392000 application/rdf+xml 17691 2024-09-21T05:49:58.186286 image/jpeg 3712 2024-09-21T05:49:58.128097 image/jpeg 230573 2024-09-21T05:49:56.871104 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia es.wikipedia