The Memory Palace of Matteo RicciThis book is not only a rich and compelling narrative about Ricci's life in Italy, India, and China, but also a significant work of global history, in which intellectual, social, military, maritime, and religious themes are drawn together, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China. |
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Page 142
... Epictetus which Ricci published in Chinese in 1605 under the title of Twenty - five Sayings ( Ershiwu yan ) ; though rearranged and emended , all these pas- sages came from the Encheiridion , or so - called Manual , distilled from ...
... Epictetus which Ricci published in Chinese in 1605 under the title of Twenty - five Sayings ( Ershiwu yan ) ; though rearranged and emended , all these pas- sages came from the Encheiridion , or so - called Manual , distilled from ...
Page 157
... Epictetus was stored , for this fear had ob- sessed Epictetus also . " When you are fond of something , " Epictetus had written in Greek and Ricci translated into Chinese , " remember to ask yourself , ' What is its nature ? ' If you ...
... Epictetus was stored , for this fear had ob- sessed Epictetus also . " When you are fond of something , " Epictetus had written in Greek and Ricci translated into Chinese , " remember to ask yourself , ' What is its nature ? ' If you ...
Page 295
... Epictetus , ed . Oldfather , vol . 2 , prints the Encheiridion on pp . 479-537 . In an elegant piece of scholarship the Encheiridion has been collated with Ricci's version of Ershiwu yan by Christopher Spalatin in his " Matteo Ricci's ...
... Epictetus , ed . Oldfather , vol . 2 , prints the Encheiridion on pp . 479-537 . In an elegant piece of scholarship the Encheiridion has been collated with Ricci's version of Ershiwu yan by Christopher Spalatin in his " Matteo Ricci's ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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