INTS 407 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Vincent Of Beauvais, Cultural Relativism, Relativism
26 Aug 2016
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Take people"s attention away from the political acts. The importance of this theme is demonstrated in a passage from jean de. L ry"s history of a voyage to the land of brazil. L ry feel horror: the protestant perspective compares the tupis" muttering with. L ry feels wonder : no attempt to interpret meaning of the experience. Two different ways of interpreting this experience: uses comparisons to make it understandable (catholic prayers, wonder eliminates the possibility of him understanding. The abandonment of attempt at understanding which accompanies the experience of wonder is a central recurring feature in the early discourse of the new world (p. 19) For descartes, wonder prevents judgement and is therefore bad. When we wonder, we do not yet know if we love or hate the object at which we are marveling (p. Wonder is the quintessential human response to what descartes calls a first encounter" . On the surface of works of literature or fiction.
