Contains all four of Leibniz's detailed writings on China. He hoped to show that Chinese natural theology was compatible with his own philosophy, that his own philosophy was nothing but a refinement of Christian theology and that, therefore, Chinese and Christian thought were compatible.
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If Erasmus of Rotterdam was the "Universal Man" of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a major candidate for the title two hundred years later. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Father Longobardi, Father de Sainte-Marie, Lord of Heaven, Novissima Sinica, Mission Treatise, Spirit of Heaven, Father Ricci, Book of Changes, Chung Jung, Church Fathers, Religion Treatise, French Jesuit, Leibniz's China, Rites Controversy, Shu Ping, Zhong Yong, Antoine Arnauld, Antonio Caballero, Clavis Sinica, Hermes Trismegistus, Reverend Father Bouvet, Shu Jing, China Mission, Father Nicholas Longobardi, King Wen New!
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If Erasmus of Rotterdam was the "Universal Man" of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a major candidate for the title two hundred years later. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
primitive ether, subaltern spirits, primal air, accommodationist position, primitive air, prime matter, binary arithmetic, ancient theology Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Longobardi, Father de Sainte-Marie, Lord of Heaven, Novissima Sinica, Mission Treatise, Spirit of Heaven, Father Ricci, Book of Changes, Chung Jung, Church Fathers, Religion Treatise, French Jesuit, Leibniz's China, Rites Controversy, Shu Ping, Zhong Yong, Antoine Arnauld, Antonio Caballero, Clavis Sinica, Hermes Trismegistus, Reverend Father Bouvet, Shu Jing, China Mission, Father Nicholas Longobardi, King Wen New!
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- Confucianism in Action (Stanford Studies in the Civilizations of Eastern Asia) by David S. Nivision in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Philosophy of Leibniz by Bertrand Russell in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by René Descartes on page 81, and Back Matter
- The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci by Jonathan D. Spence in Back Matter
- Escape From Predicament by Thomas Metzger in Back Matter
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- Leibniz and China: A Commerce of Light by Franklin Perkins on 7 pages
- Leibniz's Metaphysics: Its Origins and Development by Christia Mercer on page 49, page 50, and Back Matter
- Legacy of the Luoshu: The Mystical, Mathematical Meaning of the Magic Square of Order Three by Frank J. Swetz in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Confucius and the Analects: New Essays by Bryan W. Van Norden on page 87, and page 88
- Confucianism and Human Rights by Wm. Theodore de de Bary in Front Matter, and page 64
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