ancient Chinese philosophy

 
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Why are students drawn to ancient Chinese philosophy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJCUhirvCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJCUhirvCE
The Veritas Forum
  Mar 8, 2016
Harvard dean, Rakesh Khurana, questions Harvard professor, Michael Puett, on why his course on ancient Chinese philosophy is so popular with students.
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What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONwRYIQEDVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONwRYIQEDVU
IVY
  Jan 24, 2018
Acclaimed anthropologist, historian, and Harvard Professor Michael Puett’s class “Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory” is among the most popular three courses at Harvard — and it’s not hard to imagine why. In this IVY Ideas Night, Puett exposed us to exciting new ways of thinking and revealed what Chinese history and culture can teach us about living the “good life.”
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Why it’s better to stop searching for your true self | Michael Puett | TEDxNashville
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOJgMK21-tk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOJgMK21-tk
TEDx Talks
  Apr 24, 2017
We are often told that to live a good life we should look within and find ourselves, learn to love and embrace ourselves, and always strive to be sincere and authentic to who we really are. But what if this emphasis on self-acceptance and being true to ourselves is limiting and even dangerous? In classical China one finds a counter-intuitive understanding of the self that challenges many of our assumptions about how to live a good life and how to become a better person.

One of the most popular courses at Harvard University, Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory, is taught by Michael Puett, an award-winning Harvard professor and internationally renowned scholar. Learn about the unexpected popularity of Puett's course in "The Atlantic" article, "Why Are Hundreds of Harvard Students Studying Ancient Chinese Philosophy?"(http://theatln.tc/2o1IvPU). Puett is also the co-author of the "New York Times" bestseller “The Path: What Chinese Philosophy Can Teach Us About the Good Life.” In addition, Puett is the Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History in Harvard University’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, as well as the Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion. For his work in these departments, Puett is the proud recipient of a Harvard College Professorship for excellence in undergraduate teaching. Puett is also the author of “The Ambivalence of Creation: Debates Concerning Innovation and Artifice in Early China” and “To Become a God: Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self-Divinization in Early China,” as well as the co-author of “Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity."
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How to change your life with Michael Puett | The Path
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-pR-cjufNc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-pR-cjufNc
Penguin Books UK
  May 19, 2017
In order to 'think big' we must first think small . . .

The first book of its kind, The Path offers a profound guide to living well. It reveals for the first time how the timeless wisdom of ancient Chinese philosophers can transform the way we think about ourselves.

Covering subjects from decision-making to relationships, it shows how making small changes in our everyday routines - as simple as showing weakness in meetings or greeting people differently - can make us happier and more productive.

The Path makes this largely unknown body of thought accessible to everyone for the very first time.
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