PHIL 110 - Early Chinese Philosophy

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

The rendition of PHIL 110 focuses on four seminal texts from a period that saw extraordinary intellectual vibrance and diversity in China: the Analects, the Mengzi, the Zhuangzi, and the Xunzi. They are studied along with texts that are less explicitly philosophical (selections from the Odes, the Record of Rites, and the Spring and Autumn Annals, etc.) but constitute part of the context and basis of those four. The overarching idea is to study the beginnings of Ruism more extensively and in more of its cultural-historical context. The Zhuangzi is included because of its palpable influence on the Xunzi, and also because it is plain fun. Bryan Van Norden.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS