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26. Sept. 2012 · Writings on China : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Publication date. 1994. Topics. Philosophy, Chinese., Confucianism. Publisher. Open Court. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English.
Writings on China. Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz. Open Court, 1994 - History - 157 pages. Although Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is best known as a metaphysician, mathematician, and...
This book contains translations of four of Leibniz’s writings on China: Preface to the Novissima Sinica, On the Civil Cult of Confucius, Remarks on Chinese Rites and Religion, and Discourse on the Natural Theology of the Chinese.
- Eric Sotnak
- 1995
Writings on China. G. Leibniz, D. Cook, H. Rosemont. Published 1994. Philosophy. Contains all four of Leibniz's detailed writings on China.
- List of illustrations Preface List of abbreviations
- Preface
- x Preface
- xii Preface
Europe encounters the world Order and diversity in Leibniz’s metaphysics Exchange with China Interpreting China Leibniz and cultural exchange
Leibniz and China? The topic usually meets with surprise. Even when peo-ple know that Leibniz had a life-long interest in China and directed his considerable energy and political skills to encouraging cultural exchange – his “commerce of light” – the topic remains strange and peripheral to the concerns of a philosopher engaged with philosophy’s his...
history, both from the history of Europe and the histories of the rest of the world. At the same time, we strengthen the illusion that European thought is a causa sui, growing up of itself, without interaction with the rest of the world. This illusion of an independent Europe allows for easy distinctions between “us” and “them,” “East” and “West,” ...
but it would be a mistake to read it this way. Leibniz’s ontology can just as easily be read as a justification for his more immediate political goals of harmonizing diverse views, as Leibniz himself lived with more concern for diplomacy than ontology. The more likely view is that all these levels – ontology, epistemology, and politics – are varyin...
T his book contains translations offour of Leibniz's writings on China: Preface to the Novissima Sinica (1697/1699), On the Civil Cult of Confucius (1700), Remarks on Chinese Rites and Religion (1708), and Discourse on the Natural Theology of the Chinese (1716).
Writings on China [Book Review] Eric Sotnak. The Leibniz Review 5:33-35 ( 1995 ) Copy BIBTEX. Abstract. This book contains translations of four of Leibniz’s writings on China: Preface to the Novissima Sinica, On the Civil Cult of Confucius, Remarks on Chinese Rites and Religion, and Discourse on the Natural Theology of the Chinese.
