Leibniz And Confucianism: The Search For Accord
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Usual aging. Shelf wear. Foxing on block - does not extend internally.
A landmark work in the history of ideas, Leibniz and Confucianism: The Search for Accord chronicles the remarkable intellectual encounter between the great German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and the Confucian philosophical tradition of China during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Mungello argues that Leibniz was not merely a passive admirer of Chinese thought but an active and sophisticated interpreter who sought genuine points of convergence between European rationalism and Confucian ethics and metaphysics. The work presents a meticulous examination of Leibniz's engagement with Jesuit missionary reports from China, illustrating how these texts shaped his understanding of concepts such as natural theology, the nature of God, and moral philosophy. Written in a measured and scholarly tone, the study situates this cross-cultural dialogue within the broader context of the European Enlightenment's fascination with China, known as Chinoiserie, and its implications for comparative philosophy. The result is an authoritative and intellectually rigorous account that illuminates one of history's most ambitious attempts to bridge Eastern and Western thought.
Author: David E. Mungello
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu
Genre: Philosophy
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Usual aging. Shelf wear. Foxing on block - does not extend internally.
A landmark work in the history of ideas, Leibniz and Confucianism: The Search for Accord chronicles the remarkable intellectual encounter between the great German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and the Confucian philosophical tradition of China during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Mungello argues that Leibniz was not merely a passive admirer of Chinese thought but an active and sophisticated interpreter who sought genuine points of convergence between European rationalism and Confucian ethics and metaphysics. The work presents a meticulous examination of Leibniz's engagement with Jesuit missionary reports from China, illustrating how these texts shaped his understanding of concepts such as natural theology, the nature of God, and moral philosophy. Written in a measured and scholarly tone, the study situates this cross-cultural dialogue within the broader context of the European Enlightenment's fascination with China, known as Chinoiserie, and its implications for comparative philosophy. The result is an authoritative and intellectually rigorous account that illuminates one of history's most ambitious attempts to bridge Eastern and Western thought.