Paul K Hosle
Biographic Data
| ID | 713344 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul K Hosle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul K |
| FAMILY NAME | Hosle |
| SIGNATURE | HOSLE P K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fudan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8849-9253 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Identifying with Confucius as a Catholic in Late Ming China: The Case of Wang Zheng’s Weitian airen jilun (1628)
In this article, I offer a thorough reading of late Ming dynasty Catholic convert Wang Zheng’s 1628 work Weitian airen jilun (Ultimate Discussion on Fearing Heaven and Loving Human Beings). I demonstrate that the text is a complex literary unity primarily aimed at proving the presence of the doctrine of Heaven and Hell in the Chinese classics and that Wang Zheng attempts to demonstrate this through a creative exegesis of Lunyu 14.35 and 14.23 whi…
Understanding the theology of natural and divine laws in the cultural and philosophical context of late Ming China
In this article, we discuss the introduction and reception of the theology of natural and divine laws in late Ming China. Natural law and the twofold divine laws appear collectively as an object of discussion and exposition in a number of writings by Jesuit missionaries and Chinese Catholic converts of this time. We focus primarily on Michele Ruggieri's Tianzhu shilu 天主實錄 (The True Record of the Lord of Heaven) and then consider additional texts …
Scholastic Metaphysics in Late Ming China: Giulio Aleni's "The True Source of the Myriad Things"
A cross-cultural archery analogy in Matteo Ricci's Tianzhu shiyi
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 Chine…
An 'Ars Poetica' Acrostic in a Poem of Albertino Mussato
The Didactic Nature of Gregory Nazianzen's Poemata Arcana and the Theme of Continual, Gradated Progress
In this essay, I provide a holistic reading of Gregory Nazianzen's Poemata Arcana, eight poems providing a coherent and systematic account of the elements of Christian theology. I explore in particular the reflexive didactic poetics of the work, arguing that one of the most recurring themes is that of continual and gradated spiritual progress toward God and that Gregory takes care to position himself as an instructor and exemplar for his readers …
Augustine and Confucian Virtues: Mencius and Augustine on the Proper Motivations for Moral Conduct
In this essay, we analyze Mencius's ethics through the lenses of Augustine's critique of pagan virtue and its tendency to self-love. In the first part of this essay, we outline the basic conceptual framework of Augustine's theory of virtue and the brunt of his criticism of the pagan virtue tradition. In the latter part, we explore how Mencius manages to avoid the Augustinian charge against the pagans that they render virtue subservient to honor, …
A Note on the Status of Ennius's Dream in Petrarch's Africa
In Petrarch's Africa, Ennius claims that Homer appeared to him in sleep but that he was nonetheless still awake (9.158–160). This brief comment is important for understanding the veridical status of the dream, but despite evoking a host of background source materials, it has received superficial attention from commentators. This note remedies this gap, while offering new insight more broadly into Petrarch's presentation of the reliable nature of …
The Allegory of the Cave, the Ending of the Republic , and the Stages of Moral Enlightenment
This essay aims to shed new light on the stages of moral enlightenment in the Allegory of the Cave, of which there are three. I focus on the two stages within the cave, represented by eikasia and pistis , and provide a phenomenological description of these two mental states. The second part of the essay argues that there is a structural parallelism between the Allegory of the Cave and the ending of the Republic . The parallelism can be convincing…
An Acrostic in Horace, Carm. 3.2
Horace's first Roman Ode begins with the famous verse Odi profanum volgus et arceo (Carm. 3.1.1).1 While it is widely remarked that Horace, alluding to Callimachus' pronouncement (epigram 28.4 Pf.), thereby announces his own allegiance to Hellenistic aesthetics, it appears to have escaped notice from commentators2 that the opening of the following Roman Ode contains an embodiment of this Hellenistic refinement in the form of an acrostic.3
An Acrostic in Aeneid 11.902–6
Very shortly before the end of Book 11 of the Aeneid , Turnus, hearing of Camilla's death, is forced to abandon his ambush in order to fall back to the city. Just after he leaves the wooded gorge, Aeneas passes through it unscathed with his company. Both then head toward the city walls. Virgil marks this near miss of the two commanders by an acrostic ( Aen . 11.901–7): ille furens (et saeua Iouis sic numina pellunt) d eserit obsessos collis, nemo…
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The Allegory of the Cave, the Ending of the Republic , and the Stages of Moral Enlightenment
This essay aims to shed new light on the stages of moral enlightenment in the Allegory of the Cave, of which there are three. I focus on the two stages within the cave, represented by eikasia and pistis , and provide a phenomenological description of these two mental states. The second part of the essay argues that there is a structural parallelism between the Allegory of the Cave and the ending of the Republic . The parallelism can be convincing…
An Acrostic in Horace, Carm. 3.2
Horace's first Roman Ode begins with the famous verse Odi profanum volgus et arceo (Carm. 3.1.1).1 While it is widely remarked that Horace, alluding to Callimachus' pronouncement (epigram 28.4 Pf.), thereby announces his own allegiance to Hellenistic aesthetics, it appears to have escaped notice from commentators2 that the opening of the following Roman Ode contains an embodiment of this Hellenistic refinement in the form of an acrostic.3
An Acrostic in Aeneid 11.902–6
Very shortly before the end of Book 11 of the Aeneid , Turnus, hearing of Camilla's death, is forced to abandon his ambush in order to fall back to the city. Just after he leaves the wooded gorge, Aeneas passes through it unscathed with his company. Both then head toward the city walls. Virgil marks this near miss of the two commanders by an acrostic ( Aen . 11.901–7): ille furens (et saeua Iouis sic numina pellunt) d eserit obsessos collis, nemo…
A Note on the Status of Ennius's Dream in Petrarch's Africa
In Petrarch's Africa, Ennius claims that Homer appeared to him in sleep but that he was nonetheless still awake (9.158–160). This brief comment is important for understanding the veridical status of the dream, but despite evoking a host of background source materials, it has received superficial attention from commentators. This note remedies this gap, while offering new insight more broadly into Petrarch's presentation of the reliable nature of …
An 'Ars Poetica' Acrostic in a Poem of Albertino Mussato
The Didactic Nature of Gregory Nazianzen's Poemata Arcana and the Theme of Continual, Gradated Progress
In this essay, I provide a holistic reading of Gregory Nazianzen's Poemata Arcana, eight poems providing a coherent and systematic account of the elements of Christian theology. I explore in particular the reflexive didactic poetics of the work, arguing that one of the most recurring themes is that of continual and gradated spiritual progress toward God and that Gregory takes care to position himself as an instructor and exemplar for his readers …
Augustine and Confucian Virtues: Mencius and Augustine on the Proper Motivations for Moral Conduct
In this essay, we analyze Mencius's ethics through the lenses of Augustine's critique of pagan virtue and its tendency to self-love. In the first part of this essay, we outline the basic conceptual framework of Augustine's theory of virtue and the brunt of his criticism of the pagan virtue tradition. In the latter part, we explore how Mencius manages to avoid the Augustinian charge against the pagans that they render virtue subservient to honor, …
Scholastic Metaphysics in Late Ming China: Giulio Aleni's "The True Source of the Myriad Things"
A cross-cultural archery analogy in Matteo Ricci's Tianzhu shiyi
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 Chine…
Identifying with Confucius as a Catholic in Late Ming China: The Case of Wang Zheng’s Weitian airen jilun (1628)
In this article, I offer a thorough reading of late Ming dynasty Catholic convert Wang Zheng’s 1628 work Weitian airen jilun (Ultimate Discussion on Fearing Heaven and Loving Human Beings). I demonstrate that the text is a complex literary unity primarily aimed at proving the presence of the doctrine of Heaven and Hell in the Chinese classics and that Wang Zheng attempts to demonstrate this through a creative exegesis of Lunyu 14.35 and 14.23 whi…
Understanding the theology of natural and divine laws in the cultural and philosophical context of late Ming China
In this article, we discuss the introduction and reception of the theology of natural and divine laws in late Ming China. Natural law and the twofold divine laws appear collectively as an object of discussion and exposition in a number of writings by Jesuit missionaries and Chinese Catholic converts of this time. We focus primarily on Michele Ruggieri's Tianzhu shilu 天主實錄 (The True Record of the Lord of Heaven) and then consider additional texts …
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