James Maffie's characterization of Aztec metaphysics as dialectical polar monism — reality is ultimately one (monism) but generates opposites (polar) that are in dynamic tension and transformation (dialectical).
Provides a Western philosophical vocabulary for the structure of Aztec metaphysics — the dual aspects of teotl (masculine/feminine, light/dark) are not contradictory but complementary poles of a single dynamic reality.
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