[Buddha-l] Animals have Soul? Cool...

[Hans van der Gugten]

Erik Hoogcarspel <jehms at xs4all.nl> wrote:
Not to mention the famous debate in 1550 between padre Las Casas and 
general Seculveda on the issue whether Indians had a soul or not. Of 
course there was personal interest involved,. If they did have a soul, 
the general had some thousands murders to answer for and if not the 
conversions of the padre had been of no use.

erik


It spells Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda  and here is, for those interested, a version of their gruesome story:
http://www.nathanielturner.com/aristotleamerica.htm

hans



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