Leibniz and China
Subtitle: A Commerce of Light
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780521048224
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800; History & Surveys - General; Philosophy / History, Criticism, Surveys; Philosophy
First sentence: If we insist on characterizing our age as multicultural, we should recognize it as a late phase of an age that began with increased pressure and contact with the Islamic world in the twelfth century.