Talk:Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda

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[edit] Title

The original title was indeed in Latin, and published under the pseudonym "Demócrates Alter" - "Democritus Junior" by Sepúlveda. --129.173.172.174 20:03 13 Jan 2007 (UTC)

I assume Tratado sobre las Justas Causas de la Guerra is a modern Spanish translation of his De Iustis Belli Causis. If so, the text should probably reflect the original, Latin title, but I won't change the article until I know for sure that these are the same work. --Iustinus 18:48, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Religious status

Sepulveda was NOT a Dominican! He was a secular thinker and humanist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by orique (talk • contribs)

I can't speak to whether or not Sepúlveda was a Dominican, but he definitely was a Catholic. Perhaps "secular thinker" is a relative term? Can you provide a citation? (I myself don't have a specific citation, at least not a quick and easy one one, but I've been browsing his works online—there's a handy list of online versions here—and it's clear from those. For instance, he is listed as being a Doctor of Theology, and in one of his works he rails against Martin Luther.)
In any case, whether or not he was a dominican, there was no reason to delete the "see also" section and the interwiki links, so I will revert your changes. Please discuss here if you intend to redo them. --Iustinus 18:59, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
I had the same arguement wiht a professor. I called de Sepúlveda a Jesuit, which is wrong. My professor wrote me that he was a "normal" diocesan priest. BUT! On the spanish page of de Sepúlveda I found the mention that he was as DOMINICAN! And the author of the page seems to be a serious source! cf. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Gin%C3%A9s_de_Sep%C3%BAlveda —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.78.136.132 (talk) 07:51, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
The BBC's Racism: A History (Part I - The Colour of Money - about 9:30 mins into it) states quite clearly that he was a Jesuit, and he was opposed by a Dominican. Watch it on YouTube. elvenscout742 (talk) 12:54, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Argumentation

De Sepúlveda was fully in the school of natural philosophy - he translated Aristoteles! He argued fully in the traditional way of natural law; but also did his opponents like de Las Casas or de Vitoria. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.78.136.132 (talk) 07:48, 14 December 2007 (UTC)