Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci(6 October 1552 – 11 May 1610) was an Italian Jesuit priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions.
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Quotes about Matteo Ricci
[edit]- In a 1581 letter, Ricci explicitly acknowledged that he was trying to understand local methods of timekeeping from an intelligent Brahmin or an honest Moor.
- quoted in : Bhaskar Kamble, The Imperishable Seed: How Hindu Mathematics Changed the World and why this History was Erased, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, 2022 ISBN 9798885750189
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