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( Chevalier and Gheerbrant 645 ) 1 The Jesuit Father Anasthasius Kircher , in his China Illustrata , attempts a scientific description of China , the Kingdom of the Center , focusing on its mountains and lakes , and on the Chinese ...
( Chevalier and Gheerbrant 645 ) 1 The Jesuit Father Anasthasius Kircher , in his China Illustrata , attempts a scientific description of China , the Kingdom of the Center , focusing on its mountains and lakes , and on the Chinese ...
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The Egypto - Chinese Origins Controversy in the Enlightenment Janine Hartman Sphinxes lined the gardens of Versailles while Jesuits in China and French academicians debated the origins of hieroglyphs , all a century before Napoleon set ...
The Egypto - Chinese Origins Controversy in the Enlightenment Janine Hartman Sphinxes lined the gardens of Versailles while Jesuits in China and French academicians debated the origins of hieroglyphs , all a century before Napoleon set ...
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Quinet is even more unsympathetic to Chinese religion than he is to Buddhism . He remarks that China stands apart from the rest of the East , indeed apart from the rest of humankind . In his opinion China is a civilisation which lacks ...
Quinet is even more unsympathetic to Chinese religion than he is to Buddhism . He remarks that China stands apart from the rest of the East , indeed apart from the rest of humankind . In his opinion China is a civilisation which lacks ...
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