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Discourse on the Practical Philosophy of the Chinese
Speech given in Halle on 12 July 1721 when Wolff handed over the office of pro-rector, printed with his notes in 1726: the Chinese, following Confucius, reached a sound morality by reason alone, without revealed religion; Pietist protests led to his expulsion from Prussia in 1723.
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- Analects (Lunyu)c. 450 BCE · Confucius
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