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Puett, Michael J., 1964-
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Philosophy, Chinese -- History.
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Puett, Michael J., 1964-
Philosophy, Chinese -- History.
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The
path
:
what
Chinese
philosophers
can
teach
us
about
the
good
life
/ Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh.
by
Puett, Michael J., 1964-
Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Call #:
181.11 P977p
Subjects
Philosophy,
Chinese
-- History.
ISBN:
9781476777832 (hc)
1476777837 (hc)
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description:
xvi, 204 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204).
Contents:
The age of complacency -- The age of philosophy -- On relationships: Confucius, and as-if ritual -- On decisions: Mencius, and the capricious world -- On influence: Laozi, and generating worlds -- On vitality: the inward training, and being like a spirit -- On spontaneity: Zhuangzi, and the world of transformation -- On humanity: Xunzi, and putting pattern on the world -- The age of possibility.
Summary:
"Why is a course on ancient
Chinese
philosophers
one of the most popular at Harvard? Its because the course challenges all our modern assumptions
about
what
it takes to flourish. This is why Professor Michael Puett says to his students, "The encounter with these ideas will change your
life
." As one of them told his collaborator, author Christine Gross-Loh, " You
can
open yourself up to possibilities you never imagined were even possible." These astonishing teachings emerged two thousand years ago through the work of a succession of
Chinese
scholars exploring how humans
can
improve themselves and their society. And
what
are these counterintuitive ideas?
Good
relationships come not from being sincere and authentic, but from the rituals we perform within them. Influence comes not from wielding power but from holding back. Excellence comes from
what
we choose to do, not our natural abilities. A
good
life
emerges not from planning it out, but through training ourselves to respond well to small moments. Transformation comes not from looking within for a true self, but from creating conditions that produce new possibilities. In other words, [this book] upends everything we are told
about
how to lead a
good
life
. Above all, unlike most books on the subject, its most radical idea is that there is no
path
to follow in the first place-- just a journey we create anew at every moment by seeing and doing things differently. Sometimes voices from the past
can
offer possibilities for thinking afresh
about
the future"--Amazon.com.
Other authors:
Gross-Loh, Christine
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