Wow! Mengzi was SO complex a thinker, so nuanced in his take on human nature. I love how 'contemporary' his claims seem, in considering objections to his stance, and responding to those objections. Why ISN'T Mengzi more popular in philosophy classrooms?! Mengzi's virtue-cultivation reminds me of Thiruvalluvar, a philosopher-poet from classical India, whose Tamil work Thirukkural is a fantastic addition to any ethics reading list. Gopalkrishna Gandhi's translation is sublime in aesthetics, accurate in semantics, well-suited for didactics-and it's in contemporary, 21st century, conversational English. Thiruvalluvar dedicates a whole third of his work to virtue, calling it the book of virtue.
@@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy Will check those out, Prof. Van Norden! I actually found your TH-cam channel from your Aeon essays on Mengzi and diversifying the philosophy canon.
I would guess that the main reasons for so few Chinese philosophy programs would be 1) perceived difficulty of the subject, as it comes from a tradition a lot of westerners aren't familiar with and Chinese is a lot harder to learn than Greek or German, 2) it's not what people are used to so it's not thought of as important to include, especially with the limited resources that philosophy departments have, and 3) there's not as much demand for it. This kind of creates a vicious cycle that keeps it more obscure.
1) It's not intrinsically harder to learn than Western philosophy or its languages. 2) People weren't used to Aristotle when Aquinas re-introduced him to the European curriculum. 3) Actually, students are begging for courses on Chinese philosophy.
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Thank you for sharing, always wonderful presentations.
Wow! Mengzi was SO complex a thinker, so nuanced in his take on human nature. I love how 'contemporary' his claims seem, in considering objections to his stance, and responding to those objections. Why ISN'T Mengzi more popular in philosophy classrooms?! Mengzi's virtue-cultivation reminds me of Thiruvalluvar, a philosopher-poet from classical India, whose Tamil work Thirukkural is a fantastic addition to any ethics reading list. Gopalkrishna Gandhi's translation is sublime in aesthetics, accurate in semantics, well-suited for didactics-and it's in contemporary, 21st century, conversational English. Thiruvalluvar dedicates a whole third of his work to virtue, calling it the book of virtue.
You might enjoy my TH-cam lecture on Mengzi.
@@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy Will check those out, Prof. Van Norden! I actually found your TH-cam channel from your Aeon essays on Mengzi and diversifying the philosophy canon.
Awesome lecture!
So, Nietzsche is the returning Robber Zhi, instead of Christianity it's Confucianism.
I would guess that the main reasons for so few Chinese philosophy programs would be 1) perceived difficulty of the subject, as it comes from a tradition a lot of westerners aren't familiar with and Chinese is a lot harder to learn than Greek or German, 2) it's not what people are used to so it's not thought of as important to include, especially with the limited resources that philosophy departments have, and 3) there's not as much demand for it. This kind of creates a vicious cycle that keeps it more obscure.
1) It's not intrinsically harder to learn than Western philosophy or its languages. 2) People weren't used to Aristotle when Aquinas re-introduced him to the European curriculum. 3) Actually, students are begging for courses on Chinese philosophy.