From the ‘Yellow Peril’ to the ‘Asian Century’
Abstrak
in 1721 Christian Wolff gave a lecture on Confucius at Halle University where he positively appraised his rationalism comparing it favourably to his own. this caused a scandal that led to his expulsion from the university because of his perceived atheism. His Discourse on the Practical Philosophy of the Chinese (Oratio de Sinarum Philosophia Practica) is sometimes read as championing the autonomy of ethics from religion and ‘the Chinese confirmed for him that revelation was not necessary for knowledge or practise of genuine virtue’ (larrimore, 2000, p. 189). Jonathan i. israel (2001) begins his chapter on ‘Spinoza, Confucius and Classical Chinese Philosophy’ in Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity, 1650–1750 with the remark:
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M. Peters
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2021
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 3×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1080/00131857.2021.1983428
- Akses
- Open Access ✓