Discourse on the Natural Theology of the Chinese / Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Author.

Contributor:

Cook, Daniel J.

Rosemont, Henry.

Series:

Monographs of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction

I. Background of the Discourse

II. Sources of Leibniz's Knowledge of China

III. The Chinese Intellectual Tradition

IV. Outline and Structure of the Discourse

V. The Manuscript and Its Translation

Footnotes to the Introduction

Discourse On The Natural Theology of the Chinese

I. Chinese Opinion Concerning God

II. Chinese Opinion Concerning the Productions of God or Prime Matter, and Spirits

III. Chinese Opinion Concerning the Human Soul, its Immortality, Rewards and Punishments

IV. Concerning the Characters which Fohi, Founder of the Chinese Empire, used in His Writings and Binary Arithmetic

Appendix: Variant Readings of the Text

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)

ISBN:

0-8248-8602-X

OCLC:

1253313793