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Matteo Ricci

Priest 1552–1610

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About Matteo Ricci

Italian Catholic missionary (1552–1610)

Ideas represented

Belonging Empathy Friendship Love Relationships Self Solidarity

In their words

“My friend is my half, another I.”

“My friend is not another, but half of myself, and thus a second me—I must therefore regard my friend as myself.”