In the 18th century, the Chinese-French communication in the philosophy and the science was much more frequent than before.

十八世纪中法哲学思想和科学文化交流空前活跃。

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During the 17th and 18th century, Chinese art, architecture, philosophy were very popular in the west.

在17和18世纪，中国的艺术、建筑学以及哲学，很受欢迎在西方。

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She also had a view of science that was unashamedly broad, taking in arts, literature and natural philosophy much in the mould of Erasmus Darwin at the end of the 18th century, whose tomes on botany and zoology were written in Wordsworthian verse.

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These challenges have contributed to a rebirth of the profoundly misguided philosophy espoused by Thomas Malthus, an English priest and economist who lived during the late 18th Century.

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