François Noël, S.J. (1651−1729): Byli starověcí Číňané ateisté?

• Authors: Daniel D. Novotný

Title variants

EN

François Noël, S.J. (1651−1729): Were the Ancient Chinese Atheists?

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The first deeper exchange between Western and Far Eastern religious and philosophical thought was due to the Jesuits. They arrived in China in the 16th century and began the impressive work of translation and dialogue. The Belgian Jesuit François Noël made an important contribution to this dialogue with his Philosophia sinica (1711). What is this book about? Apparently, its main purpose was to provide a systematic and comprehensive overview of the Chinese Confucian tradition, past and contemporary, although it can also to be read as the last major contribution to the rites controversy. In this paper I deal with the first part of the first treatise of Noël’s Philosophia which aimed to show that the Ancient Chinese tradition was theist and grasped numerous truths of natural theology.

Keywords

EN

François Noël; Sino‑Western Communication; Baroque Scholasticism; Atheism; Philosophia sinica; Chinese Metaphysics; Traditions; Hermeneutics

Discipline

• THEOLOGY: THEOLOGY

• Publisher: Palacky University, Cyrill-Method Theological Faculty, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia theologica
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 111-132

Contributors

author

Daniel D. Novotný

• Studia theologica, redakce, Cyrilometodějská teologická fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci, Univerzitní 22, 771 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic, http://www.studiatheologica.eu