The path
Subtitle: what Chinese philosophers can teach us about the good life
By: Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh
Contributors: Gross-Loh, Christine, author
Edition: Large Print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press Large Print lifestyles; Thorndike Press large print lifestyles
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781410491329
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Chinese Philosophy; Large type books; History
Description: Why is a course on ancient Chinese philosophy one of the most popular at Harvard? Because it challenges modern assumptions about what it takes to flourish. And its most radical idea is that there is no path to follow in the first place -- just a journey we create anew every moment by seeing and doing things differently.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257).
Table of contents: title: The age of complacency; title: The age of philosophy; title: On relationships: Confucius and as-if rituals; title: On decisions: Mencius and the capricious world; title: On influence: Laozi and generating worlds; title: On vitality: the inward training and being like a spirit; title: On spontaneity: Zhuangzi and a world of transformation; title: On humanity: Xunzi and putting pattern on the world; title: The age of possibility.