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It was for the observer, as two Spanish travellers put it,
no easy task to exhibit a true picture of the customs and inclinations of the Indians... for should he form his Judgement from their first actions, he must necessarily conclude them to be a people of the greatest penetration and vivacity. But when he reflects on their rudeness, the absurdity of their opinions, and their beastly manner of living, his ideas must take a different turn, and represent them in a degree little above brutes.
(Cf. Hanke, 1974: 139)
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Jahn, B. (2000). Reinventing the State of Nature. In: The Cultural Construction of International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-59725-9_3
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