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It's hard to keep up with where the "satire" ends and the freethinking/atheism-in-disguise begins, but in general I think you're right; I doubt if much of this book could stand up to contemporary scrutiny without the smokescreen of moral outrage. But there are methodological bits really worth preser...

Sorry to hear you're under the weather. Hopefully this last section doesn't disappoint in terms of trippiness.

Section 47 is ready for PL.

There's what I think is an f/s mistake (from the OCR?) at about 22:39, so I read it as "sellers."

Section 46 is ready for PL.

Section 45 is ready for PL.

Mandeville sure is all over the place, touching on just about any subject conceivable, in this book. :lol: He can't seem to help it, even where his background knowledge is weak. In this one, he contrasts Huitzilopochtli with pagan sun gods, not realizing that that's exactly what Huitzilopochtli is....

Section 43 is ready for PL.

Section 42 is ready for PL.

Section 41 is ready for PL.

Section 40 is ready for PL.

Section 39 is ready for PL.

Section 38 is ready for PL.

Section 37 is ready for PL.

Section 36 is ready for PL.

Section 35 is ready for PL.

Section 34 is ready for PL.