Abstract:There is a thought, originally by Tobias Barreto and later repeated by Sílvio Romero and Antonio Paim, which, first, states the presence of the Brazilian philosophical acephaly, and secondly, the lack of written materials and hence of philosophy during Brazil’s Colonial period. This view is, on the one hand, based on the assumed non-existence of any writings with a minimum of philosophical content worthy of the name during the first three centuries of the colonial period in Brazil and, on the other hand, on th… Show more
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