Malebranche’s Influence on Leibniz’s Writings on China
Leibniz deserves the honor, frequently bestowed upon him, as the single most important early European interpreter of Chinese philosophy. Yet the story commonly told about this period of philosophical discussion of Chinese philosophy underestimates the importance of Malebranche’s brief encounter with Chinese philosophy and its influence on Leibniz’ interpretation of Chinese thought. In this article, evidence is provided of this influence by first discussing Leibniz’ writings on China prior to his encounter with Malebranche’s Dialogue between a Christian Philosopher and a Chinese Philosopher on the Existence and Nature of God, and then comparing that early work with the Discourse on the Natural Theology of the Chinese, which Leibniz wrote almost immediately after reading Malebranche’s Dialogue.
Leibniz and Confucianism: The Search for Accord
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The Image of Neo-Confucianism in Confucius Sinarum Philosophus
Le Confucius Sinarum Philosophus publie a Paris en 1687 par les Jesuites de la Mission de Chine, premiere representation en Occident du Confucianisme en tant que premiere composante de la civilisation chinoise. Les auteurs: les Peres Prosper Intorcetta, Christian Herdtrich, Francois Rougemont et Philippe Couplet. L'A. se propose de discuter cette premiere image du neo-confucianisme contenue dans l'ouvrage, principalement dans la Proemialis Declaratio. I. Les sources des Jesuites. II. Leur presentation du neo-confucianisme. III. Leur interpretation. IV. Leur critique et leur admiration.