W. Leibniz' writings on China, particularly his Discours sur la théologie naturelle des Chinois (1715/1716), count among the most important works of this global thinker. There have been a growing number of editions and translations of the texts from Chinese to Portuguese.

The present volume contains papers of the scholarly conference that took place in 2015 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Leibniz' writing the Discours . The editor and associates, in the spirit of the conference, have collected and presented the individual contributions with the hope of initiating research in a field that still awaits further exploration.

Autorentext
Wenchao Li ist Leiter der Potsdamer Leibniz-Editionsstelle der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften ferner verantwortlich für die historisch-kritische Edition der Politischen Schriften von Leibniz. Von Juli 2010 bis Juni 2017 war Träger der Leibniz-Stiftungsprofessur in Hannover. Zu seinen Forschungsschwerpunkten zählen die Schriften und Philosophie von Leibniz, die Geschichte europäischer wie chinesischer Philosophie, Wissenschafts- und Technikphilosophie. Li ist ferner Mitherausgeber der studia leibnitiana.

Klappentext

W. Leibniz' writings on China, particularly his Discours sur la théologie naturelle des Chinois (1715/1716), count among the most important works of this global thinker. There have been a growing number of editions and translations of the texts - from Chinese to Portuguese.

The present volume contains papers of the scholarly conference that took place in 2015 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Leibniz' writing the Discours. The editor and associates, in the spirit of the conference, have collected and presented the individual contributions with the hope of initiating research in a field that still awaits further exploration.

Zusammenfassung
"[D]ieser Symposiumband [ist] ungewöhnliche facettenreich und [gibt] wichtige Aufschlüsse über Leibniz` Philosophie wie auch das Umfeld." Hartmut Walravens Auskunft 42, 2022/1 20220601