Letters From China Abridged Annotated

Author : Jean-Baptiste de Boyer Argens
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332706969
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Letters written by Jean-Baptiste de Boyer Argens and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-26 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chinese Letters: Being a Philosophical, Historical, and Critical Correspondence Between a Chinese Traveller at Paris, and His Countrymen in China, Muscovy, Persia and Japan Made of this Material Principle eftablifh'd by the m3dem Do&ors, and call'd Tac-kz', of which there's no Token in the five Canonical Books nor in the four of Confucius and Meuciur. This Tar-k2, accor ding to them, isa fecret and occult Virtue; which cannot be clearly explain'd; 'tis a Being feparate from the Imperfections of Matter, which being dieufed thro' this vaii Univerfe, conneets all its Parts, maintains them in their Correfpondence, pre ferves themlin Harmony, gives them Life and Form;, 'tis, in niort, of all Beings the B263 and Foundation. 'tis that which makes all the Altera tions in them, and regulates their Order and Mo tion, neverthelefs this occult Virtue has ho Intel ligence, but is blind in its moft regular Operation, and conducts the Whole with {'tupen'dous Wifdom, Without knowing that it conducts any thin Whats Syftem is here, Dear sieou-to eou and how contrary is it, in my Opinion, to the laine; Notions! How, is it pofiible for this blind atter to' erform what nece 'arily requires the mof't perfeel; telligencep How can it govern the Univerfe, if it does nor know itfelf P How can intelli ent Beings, fuch as Men'are, ow from a material rinciple, if they have not received their: Qualities from this Primum Mobile To what ell'e are they oblig'd for it? Is it to Matter 9' This is as blind as tar-h, and even more imperfect. Is it.toch-ance? How comes it then, that we don'tyfee intelli ent Trees and Stones, and that Chance only grants erception to or anis'd Matter, fuch as that which forms hu-3 man odies? Is it this, Organifation which is the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."