Rizal emphasizes that Morga was the evidence and the primary source of history in the Philippines. Rizal's argued that Filipinos before has their own culture, and did not require a new religion or “civilization” from Spain.
By publishing his annotated version of de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (Events of the Philippine Islands, originally published in 1609), Rizal's intent was not only to provide the Filipino people their early history, a pre-Spanish history, but to present to them their own authentic culture and identity.
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Rizal emphasizes that Morga was the evidence and the primary source of history in the Philippines. Rizal's argued that Filipinos before has their own culture, and did not require a new religion or “civilization” from Spain.
By publishing his annotated version of de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (Events of the Philippine Islands, originally published in 1609), Rizal's intent was not only to provide the Filipino people their early history, a pre-Spanish history, but to present to them their own authentic culture and identity.