Uma doce linguagem

A sweet language

Authors

  • Danilo Marcondes de Souza Filho Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ)

Abstract

Jean de Léry’s Histoire d’un Voyage faict en la terre du Brésil (1580) was of
central importance in establishing the view europeans came to have of the natives
of the New World, especially of Brasil. It can be almost certainly considered one
of the sources of Montaigne’s Essai, “Des Cannibales”. Chapter XX is particularly
important since it reports a dialogue (colloque) held by a native chief and a
Frenchman and it is a possible source of Montaigne’s reference to a “sweet language”.
I shall try to show that this dialogue can be analyzed from the point of view of
contemporary analytical philosophy of language as a case of “radical interpretation”.

Keywords: New World, linguistic anthropology, radical interpretation.

Author Biography

Danilo Marcondes de Souza Filho, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ)

Professor Titular da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC- RJ), nos cursos de Graduação (Filosofia da Linguagem) e de Pós-graduação (Filosofia Moderna).

Published

2021-06-28

How to Cite

Marcondes de Souza Filho, D. (2021). Uma doce linguagem: A sweet language. Modernos & Contemporâneos - International Journal of Philosophy [issn 2595-1211], 5(11). Retrieved from https://ojs.ifch.unicamp.br/index.php/modernoscontemporaneos/article/view/4467