Menéndez de Avilés y la Florida

En el siglo II de nuestra era, el filósofo platónico CELSO emprendió la defensa de los valores de la cultura pagana frente al cristianismo, que había logrado afianzarse entre las clases inferiores y amenazaba los ideales del sistema helenista y de la filosofía clásica. Traducido y preparado por Serafín Bodelón, EL DISCURSO VERDADERO CONTRA LOS CRISTIANOS centra sus principales ataques doctrinales sobre el relato de la creación (al que se tilda de infantil), las profecías (cuyo determinismo implícito se opone a la libertad individual), la idea de un Dios antropomorfo o la...

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Habiendo pasado cinco años cautivo en un castillo francés, Fernando VII regresó a España en 1814. Tras abolir la Constitución, disolver las Cortes y dar por nulo todo lo obrado por ellas, el monarca despachó una poderosa expedición a América con el objeto de poner punto final a los procesos revolucionarios del continente. Al mando de Pablo Morillo, el llamado Ejército Pacificador sitió exitosamente a Cartagena a finales de 1815 y aniquiló posteriormente en un suspiro la revolución en la totalidad del Nuevo Reino. A pesar de que el rápido desplome de las Provincias Unidas auguraba ...

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