Hello everyone! I am Jiang Yuhui, a scholar of the Department of Philosophy at East China Normal University and the keynote speaker of a series of courses on philosophy of life.
When it comes to philosophy, the first thing that comes to mind is esoteric truths and difficult arguments, but my original intention for this series may be the opposite, which is to get rid of the academic red tape.
So let your guard down and try to approach the mind itself in a more concise and direct way, to gain insight into the true meaning of life and the world.
After teaching philosophy for more than ten years, I was deeply impressed by a spit: I know every word in the philosophy book, but I just don't understand it.
This is no joke. This sentence first illustrates the fact that philosophy is a discipline after all, and it is still one of the oldest disciplines in human history, so if you want to have no preparation or foundation, you can understand Plato and Kant.
The Academy of Athens, Raphael, Collection of the Vatican Museums
Plato and Aristotle in the picture, one pointing to the heavens and one to the earth
But I also read another meaning from this sentence, that is, the more important thing in the philosophy book may not be just a word, a sentence, but something that connects them later, that is, argumentation, reasoning, and thinking.
So, perhaps the essence of a philosophical book is also in this inner thread. And this clue can be roughly explained in clear and unambiguous words.
An inability to express one's thoughts clearly can never be profound. The ability to muddy waters is something that many people have, but what about the ability to figure it out? It may really be a very rare talent.
What does philosophy mean to ordinary people?
It is often said that man is the unity of spirit and flesh, but how to better coordinate these two aspects is not an easy task.
Your soul may be an idealist, she is seeking perfection, she is trying to transcend, she is achieving a higher purpose; but your body is a realist after all, it is a mundane thing, full of thoughts of eating and drinking Lazarus.
Therefore, we are eager to understand how the various forces in the body are unified to form an individual as "ourselves."
After getting to know ourselves, we begin to understand our place in the world.
You are a real individual, but so is everyone around you. Our lives begin when you "want to know" yourself, and the whole world begins when you "want to know" others.
If there is a force that can connect you and me and him, and every individual, this will be the real world.
So what is this power? I think it's the mind. And what is pure and condensed thought? That's philosophy. Only thought can connect with each other, and only philosophy can shape communication between souls.
As a student, I have nothing else to give you, only a little understanding of life, only a little understanding of philosophy.
The above is the publication of "Jiang's Philosophy of Life to the End - The Life Strategy of 20 Philosophers" (with deletions)
The river of philosophical wisdom originated from the debates and insights of the philosophers and sages, and influenced the achievements of human civilization such as science, religion, and art. Faced with more than 2,000 years of philosophical history and a voluminous volume of philosophical writings, you need an interesting "ferryman" from a scientific background.
To this end, we recommend Jiang Yuhui, a very popular scholar in the Department of Philosophy of East China Normal University, to bring "Jiang Life Philosophy to the End - Life Strategies of 20 Philosophers", telling you how to understand "how to live" and "the meaning of living" from philosophical thinking.
Introduce you to the life strategies of 20 philosophers such as Heidegger, Aristotle, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche, and analyze the universal life problems such as loneliness, happiness, pain, and courage for you.
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Jiang Yuhui, a scholar of the Department of Philosophy of East China Normal University, is a knowledgeable and funny "Jiang Shuai" in the mouth of students;
He graduated with a master's degree from the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and is an alumnus of philosophers Sartre and Foucault;
He is not only a philosopher, but also a researcher and practitioner of contemporary art, covering a wide range of topics, from postmodern philosophy to avant-garde sound art.
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20 philosophers enlightened on life strategies
Ordinary people study philosophy, not to learn, but to match philosophical ideas to their own life experience, constantly thinking, doubting, reflecting...
This philosophical course will focus on 20 "big problems" in life, such as loneliness, love and hate, life and death, confusion, and desire, each of which is divided into 5 lectures, telling you about the thought system of 20 ancient and modern philosophers such as Heidegger, Aristotle, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Camus, Plato, and Sartre.
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104 wisdom lessons spanning the 2000 history of philosophy
This course does not pursue "efficiency", does not throw textbook introductions to philosophy directly to you, but carefully "grinds" difficult ideas into vivid stories and easy telling, and introduces the long history of philosophy and the essence of philosophers' thoughts little by little through 104 courses in a whole year.
The presenter will analyze the essence of 20 classic philosophical works such as "Existence and Time", "Republic", "Meditations", and "Drinking Chapters" for you. It covers ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, early modern Western European philosophy, German classical philosophy, existentialism and postmodernism.
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Philosophies and inspirations of 100+ literary and artistic works
At the beginning of each lesson, the presenter will cut in with a movie, a novel, or a piece of music.
On the one hand, it is to start from vivid emotional experience and understanding, and rise to philosophical questions and reflections.
On the other hand, in addition to the function of entertainment, good literary and artistic works also contain a life experience and a possibility of life, deeply understand the connotation behind literary and artistic works, do not stick to the self, and better understand others and understand the external world.
Jiang life philosophy to the end
The life strategies and the essence of thought of 20 philosophers
100+ deep philosophical thoughts of book videos
An introductory course in philosophy that is not pretentiously esoteric
104 lessons, only 199 yuan, an average of less than 2 yuan per lesson