Leibniz and Confucianism : The Search for Accord

• Autore: Mungello D. E (David Emil), <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Honolulu : , : University of Hawaii Press, , 1977; ©1977
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 pages)
• Disciplina: 193
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, Chinese; Confucianism
• Soggetto geografico: China Civilization
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Leibniz and Confucianism -- The Search for Accord -- Leibniz and Confucianism The Search for Accord -- Contents -- Preface -- Leibniz' Contact with China -- The China Mission -- The Rites Controversy -- The Question of Influence -- Leibniz' China Interpreters -- Matteo Ricci, S. J. -- Nichola Longobardi, S. J. -- Antoine de Sainte-Marie, O. F. M. -- Claudio Filippo Grimaldi, S. J. -- Joachim Bouvet, S. J. -- Leibniz and Bouvet -- The Relationship -- The Letters -- Bouvet's Letter of 8 November 1700 to Le Gobien and Leibniz -- Bouvet's Letter of 4 November 1701 to Leibniz -- Bouvet's Letter of 8 November 1702 and Leibniz' "Explication" -- Bouvet, Leibniz, and the Book of Changes -- Leibniz' Last Words on the Book of Changes -- The Discourse on Chinese Philosophy: Part I -- The Work and Its Stimulus -- The Chinese Sources -- Li, the First Principle -- Li and the Monads -- The One and the Many -- The Primal Pair: Li and Ch'i -- Space and the Great Void -- The Discourse on Chinese Philosophy: Part II -- Spiritual Substances -- Spirits and Sacrifice -- Confucius' View of Spirits -- The Chinese Concept of Soul -- Metaphysics versus Spiritual Cultivation -- Correspondences between Western and Chinese Philosophy -- The Failure of Leibniz' Philosophy -- Failure in Both China and Europe -- The Tension in Leibniz' Philosophy -- Leibniz' Spiritual Understanding -- Sin as Intellectual Deprivation -- Discursive versus Spiritual Languages -- Leibniz' Option for a God of Knowledge -- Spiritual and Moral Cultivation as a Basis for Accord -- The Jesuit Approach in China -- Common Ground between Christianity and Confucianism -- The Connection between Morality and Truth -- The Flux -- The Internal Discipline -- Religion as Spiritual Cultivation -- Spiritual Cultivation in Confucianism -- Conclusion: Accord for the Present. ; A Contemporary Western Interpretation of the Book of Changes -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Production Notes.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the closing years of the seventeenth century, one of the most brilliant of modern European philosophers became actively involved in the search for intellectual and spiritual accord between Europe and China.
• Titolo autorizzato: Leibniz and Confucianism
• ISBN: 0-8248-8384-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910367634403321
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