Chronology Entry
Year
1772
Text
Chastellux, François Jean de. De la félicité publique [ID D20023].
Chastellux schreibt : "Nous ne parlerons point des Chinois parce que nous ne pourrions nous founder que sur des conjectures ou sur des récits fabuleux."
"Mais les Chinois sont de tous les peuples le moins susceptible de perfection."
Basil Guy : Chastellux admits that wars and superstition must be suppressed, extirpated from human mind and memory, since they are the greates obstacles to the happiness of nations. We need not be concerned, if Chastellux does not mention China, especially when discussing agriculture as the basis of a nation's felicity, or when discussing those emigrations of the seventh and sixteenth centuries known respectively as the barbarian invasions and renaissance voyages of discovery.
Chastellux schreibt : "Nous ne parlerons point des Chinois parce que nous ne pourrions nous founder que sur des conjectures ou sur des récits fabuleux."
"Mais les Chinois sont de tous les peuples le moins susceptible de perfection."
Basil Guy : Chastellux admits that wars and superstition must be suppressed, extirpated from human mind and memory, since they are the greates obstacles to the happiness of nations. We need not be concerned, if Chastellux does not mention China, especially when discussing agriculture as the basis of a nation's felicity, or when discussing those emigrations of the seventh and sixteenth centuries known respectively as the barbarian invasions and renaissance voyages of discovery.
Mentioned People (1)
Chastellux, François Jean de
(Paris 1734-1788 Paris) : Schrifsteller
Subjects
Literature : Occident : France
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1963 | Guy, Basil. The French image of China before and after Voltaire. (Genève : Institut et Musée Voltaire Les Délices, 1963). (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century ; vol. 21). S. 308-309. | Publication / Guy |