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- Title
A cross-cultural archery analogy in Matteo Ricci's Tianzhu shiyi.
- Authors
Hosle, Paul K.
- Abstract
In the sixth chapter of his Tianzhu shiyi (天主實義, "The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven"), Matteo Ricci offers a critique of the anti-intentionalistic thread that he detects in the Chinese philosophical tradition. In this brief essay, I offer an analysis of a noteworthy archery analogy that Ricci employs to describe the nature of ethical action as an intentional process with a conscious aim. I trace how Ricci skilfully combines Western and Chinese images and categories to craft this simile. Before that, I set the stage by offering some preliminary comments that contextualize Ricci's interest in the question of intentional vs. non-intentional conduct.
- Subjects
RICCI, Matteo, 1552-1610; ARCHERY; ANALOGY
- Publication
Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies, 2024, Vol 87, Issue 1, p201
- ISSN
0041-977X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0041977X23000988