I'm watching out for literature about the intensity and the manner of first receptions of Chinese philosophy as it arrived in Europe. I want to know what several concrete philosophers thought about it and how they were maybe inspired by that. Any recommendations?
Karl Pfeifer
For Voltaire and China see:
- http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/soundingchina/Tsien.html
- https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/v/voltaire/dictionary/chapter114.html
- http://sciencenordic.com/china-has-inspired-us-enlightenment
For a non-French European philosopher viz. Leibniz see:
- https://www.amazon.com/Writings-China-Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz/dp/0812692519/ref=sr_1_1?Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=0&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=0&keywords=leibniz+china&qid=1558497003&s=books&sr=1-1&unfiltered=1
- https://www.amazon.com/Leibniz-China-Commerce-Franklin-Perkins/dp/0521048222/ref=sr_1_2?Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=0&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=0&keywords=leibniz+china&qid=1558497003&s=books&sr=1-2&unfiltered=1
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RG carries one study which is possibly of relevance to you:
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