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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... mnemonic methods but rather because of diligent study along tradi- tional Chinese lines of repetition and recitation , aided perhaps by the mnemonic poems and rhyming jingles that were part of current Chi- nese memory practice . ? As ...
... mnemonic methods but rather because of diligent study along tradi- tional Chinese lines of repetition and recitation , aided perhaps by the mnemonic poems and rhyming jingles that were part of current Chi- nese memory practice . ? As ...
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... mnemonic arts , though we don't have the details of what the practitioners were trying to accomplish . " What we do know is that all through the six- teenth century “ astrologically centered mnemonic systems " were being constructed ...
... mnemonic arts , though we don't have the details of what the practitioners were trying to accomplish . " What we do know is that all through the six- teenth century “ astrologically centered mnemonic systems " were being constructed ...
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... mnemonic tradition , 13-23 ; and Chinese mnemonics , compared , 156-60 ; magic and , 17-21 . See also specific authors ; periods ; works Ciappardelli , Francesco , 27 Cicero , 6 , 20 , 100 , 133 , 140 , 150 , 156 ; as possible author of ...
... mnemonic tradition , 13-23 ; and Chinese mnemonics , compared , 156-60 ; magic and , 17-21 . See also specific authors ; periods ; works Ciappardelli , Francesco , 27 Cicero , 6 , 20 , 100 , 133 , 140 , 150 , 156 ; as possible author of ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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