Chinese Thought in Early German Enlightenment from Leibniz to Goethe : : Abortive Approaches to Transcultural Understanding.

"The book is a philosophical-historical examination of the influence of the knowledge of China imparted by the Jesuits on the thinking of the German Enlightenment in the 18th century. Is it not primarily concerned with a comprehensive reconstruction of the philosophy of the thinkers discussed,...

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Superior document:New Research in the History of Western Philosophy Series ; v.2
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.
©2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:New Research in the History of Western Philosophy Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (236 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Leibniz's concept of translatio sapientiae as a practice of transcultural exchange
  • Theoria cum praxi : Christian Wolff's Oratio de sinarum philosophia practica
  • A reconstruction of the teachings of the ancient Chinese according to Georg Bernhard Bilfinger
  • Political philosophy and system of government in China : the cameralists Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi
  • The world is the antithesis of all opposites : Goethe enchanted by China
  • How is transcultural comparison possible?