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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- CONTENTS V
- Acknowledgements VII
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Introduction
- I. Background of the Discourse 1
- II. Sources of Leibniz's Knowledge of China 7
- III. The Chinese Intellectual Tradition 17
- IV. Outline and Structure of the Discourse 34
- V. The Manuscript and Its Translation 39
- Footnotes to the Introduction 44
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Discourse On The Natural Theology of the Chinese
- I. Chinese Opinion Concerning God 53
- II. Chinese Opinion Concerning the Productions of God or Prime Matter, and Spirits 92
- III. Chinese Opinion Concerning the Human Soul, its Immortality, Rewards and Punishments 141
- IV. Concerning the Characters which Fohi, Founder of the Chinese Empire, used in His Writings and Binary Arithmetic 157
- Appendix: Variant Readings of the Text 167
- Bibliography 170
- Index 175
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- CONTENTS V
- Acknowledgements VII
-
Introduction
- I. Background of the Discourse 1
- II. Sources of Leibniz's Knowledge of China 7
- III. The Chinese Intellectual Tradition 17
- IV. Outline and Structure of the Discourse 34
- V. The Manuscript and Its Translation 39
- Footnotes to the Introduction 44
-
Discourse On The Natural Theology of the Chinese
- I. Chinese Opinion Concerning God 53
- II. Chinese Opinion Concerning the Productions of God or Prime Matter, and Spirits 92
- III. Chinese Opinion Concerning the Human Soul, its Immortality, Rewards and Punishments 141
- IV. Concerning the Characters which Fohi, Founder of the Chinese Empire, used in His Writings and Binary Arithmetic 157
- Appendix: Variant Readings of the Text 167
- Bibliography 170
- Index 175