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Leibniz’s Perception of Ancient Chinese Symbolism

Author(s): Desislava Damyanova
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion, Pastoral Theology, Translation Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Summary/Abstract: For about half a century, Leibniz showed a strong and lasting interest in China, which is evident in many of his letters, treatises and essays. The imaginary horizon of the ‚Celestial Empire‘ left its mark on the European 17th century. This world, so different and distant, impressed the Enlightenment with the passion of the new and exotic destinations of the mind and, at the same time, complemented the philosophy in Europe with its refined ethical system. Leibniz wondered whether the Chinese may have preserved the remains of a lost ancient logico-mathematical knowledge, which is part of his idea of ars characteristica universalis.

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