Recent News from China (To Illuminate the History of Our Time)

Author: (German) Leibniz, (French) Mei Qianli, Yang Baoyun (translator)
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Leibniz was one of the greatest scientists and philosophers in 17th-18th century Europe, and his focus on and enthusiasm for China remained a significant aspect of his academic thought throughout his career. Based on correspondence with missionaries who entered China, scattered materials, and his own research, Leibniz aimed to guide European scholars closer to China, promoting exchanges and mutual complementarity between China and the West in religion and science. This book is also the first foreign language translation after the Latin-French original edition.