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Rituals come as much from religion as they do from the way Earth tilts on its axis and spins around the Sun. Up Next ► Rituals improve life according to ancient Chinese philosophers, says Michael Puett   • Rituals Improve Life According to Anc...   Many of humanity's cultural traditions are based upon the movement of our planet around the Sun. The summer and winter solstices and the spring and autumn equinoxes take on special significance. The reason these special days exist is because our planet tilts at an angle of roughly 23° on its axis. Without this tilt, there would be no seasons. The religious and philosophical themes of rebirth and resurrection, therefore, are partially the result of our planet's axial tilt. ---------------------------------------------------------------- About Sasha Sagan: Sasha Sagan is a native of Ithaca, New York and a graduate of NYU. She has worked as a television producer, filmmaker, writer, and speaker in the U.S. and abroad. Her essays and interviews on death, history, and ritual through a secular lens have appeared in The Cut, O, the Oprah Magazine, Literary Hub, Atmos and beyond. She is a contributing editor for the British fashion magazine Violet Book. Sasha regularly speaks on ways science can inform our celebrations and how we mark the passage of time, inspired in part by the work of her parents, Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Member Get exclusive access to full interviews, early access to new releases, Big Think merch and more ►Get Big Think+ for Business Guide, inspire and accelerate leaders at all levels of your company with the biggest minds in business Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We often think of modernity as a distinct time period in history – one that is said to start at different places, but which always includes us. Yet people have been claiming to be modern since at least the third century BC. Harvard scholar Michael Puett takes us back to ancient China, when a series of emperors laid claim to modernity in order to consolidate their rule. Puett argues that modernity is best understood not as a period on a timeline but as a claim to freedom from the past. By recognizing how “modernity claims” try either to erase the past or to master it for our own uses, we can appreciate what is at stake in our own invocations of “modernity." Researcher, writer, and episode producer: Ryan McDermott, Associate Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh; Senior Research Fellow, Beatrice Institute Featured Scholar: Michael Puett, Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University Special thanks: Travis DeCook, Rokhaya Dieng, Gina Elia, Thomas A. Lewis  For transcript, teaching aids, and other resources, visit https://genealogiesofmodernity.org/season-ii. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

We often think of modernity as a distinct time period in history – one that is said to start at different places, but which always includes us. Yet people have been claiming to be modern since at least the third century BC. Harvard scholar Michael Puett takes us back to ancient China, when a series of emperors laid claim to modernity in order to consolidate their rule. Puett argues that modernity is best understood not as a period on a timeline but as a claim to freedom from the past. By recognizing how “modernity claims” try either to erase the past or to master it for our own uses, we can appreciate what is at stake in our own invocations of “modernity." Researcher, writer, and episode producer: Ryan McDermott, Associate Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh; Senior Research Fellow, Beatrice Institute Featured Scholar: Michael Puett, Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University Special thanks: Travis DeCook, Rokhaya Dieng, Gina Elia, Thomas A. Lewis  For transcript, teaching aids, and other resources, visit https://genealogiesofmodernity.org/season-ii. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

We often think of modernity as a distinct time period in history – one that is said to start at different places, but which always includes us. Yet people have been claiming to be modern since at least the third century BC. Harvard scholar Michael Puett takes us back to ancient China, when a series of emperors laid claim to modernity in order to consolidate their rule. Puett argues that modernity is best understood not as a period on a timeline but as a claim to freedom from the past. By recognizing how “modernity claims” try either to erase the past or to master it for our own uses, we can appreciate what is at stake in our own invocations of “modernity." Researcher, writer, and episode producer: Ryan McDermott, Associate Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh; Senior Research Fellow, Beatrice Institute Featured Scholar: Michael Puett, Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University Special thanks: Travis DeCook, Rokhaya Dieng, Gina Elia, Thomas A. Lewis  For transcript, teaching aids, and other resources, visit https://genealogiesofmodernity.org/season-ii. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

We often think of modernity as a distinct time period in history – one that is said to start at different places, but which always includes us. Yet people have been claiming to be modern since at least the third century BC. Harvard scholar Michael Puett takes us back to ancient China, when a series of emperors laid claim to modernity in order to consolidate their rule. Puett argues that modernity is best understood not as a period on a timeline but as a claim to freedom from the past. By recognizing how “modernity claims” try either to erase the past or to master it for our own uses, we can appreciate what is at stake in our own invocations of “modernity." Researcher, writer, and episode producer: Ryan McDermott, Associate Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh; Senior Research Fellow, Beatrice Institute Featured Scholar: Michael Puett, Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University Special thanks: Travis DeCook, Rokhaya Dieng, Gina Elia, Thomas A. Lewis  For transcript, teaching aids, and other resources, visit https://genealogiesofmodernity.org/season-ii. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We often think of modernity as a distinct time period in history – one that is said to start at different places, but which always includes us. Yet people have been claiming to be modern since at least the third century BC. Harvard scholar Michael Puett takes us back to ancient China, when a series of emperors laid claim to modernity in order to consolidate their rule. Puett argues that modernity is best understood not as a period on a timeline but as a claim to freedom from the past. By recognizing how “modernity claims” try either to erase the past or to master it for our own uses, we can appreciate what is at stake in our own invocations of “modernity." Researcher, writer, and episode producer: Ryan McDermott, Associate Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh; Senior Research Fellow, Beatrice Institute Featured Scholar: Michael Puett, Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University Special thanks: Travis DeCook, Rokhaya Dieng, Gina Elia, Thomas A. Lewis  For transcript, teaching aids, and other resources, visit https://genealogiesofmodernity.org/season-ii. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

We often think of modernity as a distinct time period in history – one that is said to start at different places, but which always includes us. Yet people have been claiming to be modern since at least the third century BC. Harvard scholar Michael Puett takes us back to ancient China, when a series of emperors laid claim to modernity in order to consolidate their rule. Puett argues that modernity is best understood not as a period on a timeline but as a claim to freedom from the past. By recognizing how “modernity claims” try either to erase the past or to master it for our own uses, we can appreciate what is at stake in our own invocations of “modernity." Researcher, writer, and episode producer: Ryan McDermott, Associate Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh; Senior Research Fellow, Beatrice Institute Featured Scholar: Michael Puett, Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University Special thanks: Travis DeCook, Rokhaya Dieng, Gina Elia, Thomas A. Lewis  For transcript, teaching aids, and other resources, visit https://genealogiesofmodernity.org/season-ii. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We often think of modernity as a time period in history. But people have been claiming to be modern since at least c. 550 AD, when the Roman writer Cassiodorus used the term modernus to mark off everything that had happened since the fall of the Roman Empire. Harvard scholar Michael Puett takes us back much further, to the third century BC in ancient China, when a series of emperors claimed modernity to consolidate their rule. Puett argues that modernity is best understood as a claim to freedom from the past. By recognizing two forms of modernity claim—one that tries to erase the past and another that tries to master it—we can better understand what is at stake in our own invocations of “modernity."

Nghe trọn nội dung sách nói Minh Đạo Nhân Sinh trên ứng dụng Voiz FM: https://voiz.vn/play/444 Minh Đạo Nhân Sinh - Bí quyết sống hạnh phúc của các hiền giả Trung Hoa Trong những triết lý ấy có cái gì mà gây tác động to lớn đến vậy với những người nghiên cứu chúng? Không tư tưởng nào trong số đó bảo bạn "chấp nhận và trân trọng bản thân", "tìm ra chính mình", hay phải làm theo một loạt chỉ dẫn để đạt được mục tiêu cụ thể. Trên thực tế đó, chúng chính là thứ đối chọi với kiểu tư duy đó. Chúng không cụ thể, không ra lệnh, cũng không đao to búa lớn. Thay vào đó, chúng thay đổi từ nền tảng theo những cách không thể đoán định hay hình dung ra từ trước. Tại ứng dụng sách nói Voiz FM, sách nói Minh Đạo Nhân Sinh được đầu tư chất lượng âm thanh và thu âm chuyên nghiệp, tốt nhất để mang lại trải nghiệm nghe tuyệt vời cho bạn. --- Về Voiz FM: Voiz FM là ứng dụng sách nói podcast ra mắt thị trường công nghệ từ năm 2019. Với gần 2000 tựa sách độc quyền, Voiz FM hiện đang là nền tảng sách nói podcast bản quyền hàng đầu Việt Nam. Bạn có thể trải nghiệm miễn phí đa dạng nội dung tại Voiz FM từ sách nói, podcast đến truyện nói, sách tóm tắt và nội dung dành cho thiếu nhi. --- Voiz FM website: https://voiz.vn/ Theo dõi Facebook Voiz FM: https://www.facebook.com/VoizFM Tham khảo thêm các bài viết review, tổng hợp, gợi ý sách để lựa chọn sách nói dễ dàng hơn tại trang Blog Voiz FM: http://blog.voiz.vn/ --- Cảm ơn bạn đã ủng hộ Voiz FM. Nếu bạn yêu thích sách nói Minh Đạo Nhân Sinh và các nội dung sách nói podcast khác, hãy đăng ký kênh để nhận thông báo về những nội dung mới nhất của Voiz FM channel nhé. Ngoài ra, bạn có thể nghe BẢN FULL ĐỘC QUYỀN hàng chục ngàn nội dung Chất lượng cao khác tại ứng dụng Voiz FM. Tải ứng dụng Voiz FM: voiz.vn/download #voizfm #sáchnói #podcast #sáchnóiMinhĐạoNhânSinh #ProfessorMichael Puett #ChristineGrossLoh

Returning to our regularly scheduled lectures on Nietzsche... this week, we're going to wade into a hornet's nest and tackle one of the most contentious topics: freedom of the will. This episode will draw heavily on the conclusions reached in "9: The Wisdom of the Body", so brush up on the material there is you haven't already. It's not uncommon to encounter people who have no interest in talking about free will. Wherever one meets a philosopher who does want to talk about it, they usually have a very strong opinion on the matter. I think the fact that many are hesitant to discuss the issue owes to the fact that there are so many intractable opinions, which people are unwilling to change and which it is hard to imagine what kind of evidence could motivate people to move on the topic. In essence, we have a philosophical gridlock: and thus, like the issue of God's existence, or moral realism, or political ideologies, the debate ends up resembling something less like a competition of ideas, and more like two sides asserting, in the absence of reason, their own temperamental convictions. Hopefully, Nietzsche's perspective on this topic can help sear through these stale debates. While Nietzsche took a strong stand on free will vs. determinism, his position is not all that easy to summarize neatly. Furthermore, his views on free will are not as popular as many of his other ideas: partially because they are misunderstood, and partially because his position offends our sensibilities. Nietzsche attacks the heart of the free will debate: the issue of moral responsibility. He says that we have no moral responsibility for our actions, and no man chooses his own nature. An incendiary idea, to be certain! Michael Puett talks about Confucianism & the Chinese idea of the self: https://youtu.be/MfnSTr6-1g4 A short pair of clips of Hitchens' ironic comments on free will (RIP Hitch): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG_TGNJfg0s Episode art this week is courtesy of Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832)

With the growing friction between China and the world, exacerbated in the wake of the pandemic, the need to understand the political legacy of Mao is urgent and growing. In Maoism: A Global History, eminent British scholar, author and translator Julia Lovell takes on the ambitious and challenging task of covering the sweeping and turbulent history of Maoism in one accessible text, bringing attention to Mao and his ideas in a new light. Through a series of interviews, archival references and ethnographic study, Lovell synthesises concurrent narratives and conceptions, providing a re-evaluation of the ideology in the present context. She discusses her exciting work in conversation with historian and writer Michael Puett in an essential session on the enduring appeal of Maoism.

Eu acho que, no fim, era eu quem estava confúcio. O livro que eu citei nesse episódio é "O Caminho da Vida" de Christine Gross-Lob e Michael Puett. Twitter @danielpasini_g twitter.com/danielpasini_g / Twitch @danipani_ twitch.tv/danipani_ / Instagram: @danipani_ www.instagram.com/danipani_/ / Email: contatodanipani@gmail.com

Michael Puett is Professor of Chinese History at Harvard and has lectured widely at the world's leading universities. His course in Chinese philosophy is among the most popular at Harvard and in 2013 he was awarded a Harvard College Professorship for excellence in undergraduate teaching. In this pod we explored the remarkable challenges and achievements of Chinese philosophy.Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as every single episode of this podcast from the beginning (400 extra episodes). We're running live podcasts on Zoom, we've got weekly quizzes where you can win prizes, and exclusive subscriber only articles. It's the ultimate history package. Just go to historyhit.tv to subscribe. Use code 'pod1' at checkout for your first month free and the following month for just £/€/$1. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michael Puett is Professor of Chinese History at Harvard and has lectured widely at the world's leading universities. His course in Chinese philosophy is among the most popular at Harvard and in 2013 he was awarded a Harvard College Professorship for excellence in undergraduate teaching. In this pod we explored the remarkable challenges and achievements of Chinese philosophy.Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as every single episode of this podcast from the beginning (400 extra episodes). We're running live podcasts on Zoom, we've got weekly quizzes where you can win prizes, and exclusive subscriber only articles. It's the ultimate history package. Just go to historyhit.tv to subscribe. Use code 'pod1' at checkout for your first month free and the following month for just £/€/$1. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In November 2017, Michael Puett, Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology at Harvard University, gave two talks at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at Cambridge on the subject of neoliberalism in China. Beth met with Professor Puett after his talks to discuss Puett’s critical stance on the naturalness of neoliberalism, and his assertion that comparative analysis can help us create alternative models by which to organize our world. They also talked about how to contextualize the particular version of neoliberalism found in China today.

CRASSH Impact Lecture Series, Michaelmas Term Speakers: Michael Puett (Harvard University) and Julia Lovell (Birkbeck) Michael Puett is the Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, as well as the Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion, at Harvard University. His interests are focused on the inter-relations between philosophy, anthropology, history, and religion, with the hope of bringing the study of China into larger historical and comparative frameworks. His books include To Become a God: Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self-Divinization in Early China and The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything (co-authored with Christine Gross-Lo). Julia Lovell is a Reader in Modern Chinese History and Literature at Birkbeck, University of London. Her research has so far focused principally on the relationship between culture (specifically, literature, architecture, historiography and sport) and modern Chinese nation-building. Her books include The Great Wall: China Against the World 1000 BC - AD 2000 and The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China (winner of the 2012 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature). This event is part of the CRASSH Impact Lecture Series.

CRASSH Impact Lecture Series, Michaelmas Term Speaker: Professor Michael Puett (Harvard University) We seem to have a relatively clear (if somewhat uncomfortable) narrative concerning the rise and (potential) decline of neoliberalism. But, if we take into account the perspective of China, such a narrative may have to be re-thought. This talk will place some of the current political debates in China within a larger historical context and argue that these debates may force us to re-think some of our assumptions concerning the workings of the state and the economy and accordingly to re-think some of our readings of recent history. My hope is that the talk will help to contribute to developing a more global understanding of political theory. Michael Puett is the Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, as well as the Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion, at Harvard University. His interests are focused on the inter-relations between philosophy, anthropology, history, and religion, with the hope of bringing the study of China into larger historical and comparative frameworks. His books include To Become a God: Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self-Divinization in Early China and The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything (co-authored with Christine Gross-Lo). This lecture is part of the CRASSH Impact Lecture Series.

Sheena discusses "the Rule of Five" as well as Chinese philosophy on how to make life decisions (now matter how big or small) and how to cultivate a full, multifaceted life. The book discussed in this episode is: "The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life" by Michael Puett & Christine Gross-Loh. If you'd like to connect with Sheena, visit www.sheenajeffers.com or follow her on Instagram: @sheenajeffers. Music by: bensound.com

Does repeating a physical action help you be a better person? Ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius might say yes, but modern day American guy Connor Holmes would definitely say no. This week, your hosts discuss the use of ritual and ceremony in Chinese ethical philosophy. For more on this subject you can look up Harvard professor Michael Puett's work. And for more discussion on why zoos are lame and what old racist Comedy Central shows were like, keep listening to this podcast!

Why does apparently trivial ritual play such an important part in some ancient Chinese philosophy? Michael Puett, co-author of The Path, explains in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. This episode of Philosophy Bites was sponsored by the Examining Ethics podcast from the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. You can subscribe to Examining Ethics on iTunes or listen to episodes at ExaminingEthics.Org

Michael Puett is the ‘it' professor at Harvard University these days.  His ability to take Chinese philosophy, centuries back, and distill it into a guidepost for the students of the 21st century has created an incredible stir on campus–and off.  So how does Chinese thought translate into better ways to approach life today?  Why, you … Continue reading EP 21 WHAT'S ‘THE PATH' THAT HARVARD STUDENTS ARE ON?

Resumen del Libro: A través del estudio de la filosofía China antigua, los autores intentan rescatar ideas y formas de ver el mundo que aún están vigentes. En el libro se estudian a grandes filósofos como Confucio, Lao Tse, Xunzi, entre otros.   Pedro García-Huidobro (@pedroghg) y Santiago Allamand (@stgoallamand) discuten sobre distintos libros todas las semanas. El libro de esta semana es The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything (El Camino: Una nueva forma de pensar acerca de todo).   |Nuestra pagina|: http://www.elementalpodcast.cl/   |Subscríbete en iTunes|: https://goo.gl/exXvXV |Subscríbete en Stitcher|: https://goo.gl/ZzStCQ |Subscríbete en Podbean|: https://goo.gl/JV8VUZ |Subscríbete en Spotify|: https://goo.gl/jJdL5n   |Amazon|: https://goo.gl/7LpDe5 |Autor|: Michael Puett y Christine Gross-Loh   Links y notas del Show:   Intro 00:00 - 03:26   01:44 | Este tipo de libro de autoayuda | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_(book) Parodia de los Simpsons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ3HSQcmjNM   3:11 | Fisica de Aristóteles |  https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%ADsica_aristot%C3%A9lica | Aristóteles era quien afirmaba que los ratones salían del polvo | https://line.do/es/teorias-del-origen-de-la-vida/k0f/vertical   Discusión 3:27 - 42:20   4:46 | Perspectiva histórica a la que Pedro hace referencia | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohXPx_XZ6Y&t=3s&index=3&list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Wvw6BivVI&t=3s&index=4&list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9     Confucio 8:23   11:20 | Películas de China | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299977/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473444/   11:56 | Guerra del opio | https://youtu.be/fgQahGsYokU?t=5m10s | La carta (en inglés) | https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1793qianlong.asp   13:07 | Filosofía griega nombrada | https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch%C3%A9 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alegor%C3%ADa_de_la_caverna https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradoja_de_Teseo   13:51 | Mandamientos y leyes naturales (derecho natural) |   | Términos del libro Qing y Yi, por si quieres seguir investigando|   Mencius 16:20   17:11 | La vida para Mencius | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edmqTODMZC4 17:41 | Absurdismo | https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filosof%C3%ADa_del_absurdo   | Términos del libro Xin |   19:56 | Ilustración del conflicto entre corazón y mente en filosofía occidental | http://www.createch540.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/toma-de-decisiones-en-la-empresa-factores-emocionales-o-racionales.jpg   21:56 | Timmy O'Toole dentro de un pozo | https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Bart     Lao Tse 22:31   25:26 | La charla TED de la que Pedro hablaba | https://www.ted.com/talks/jamila_raqib_the_secret_to_effective_nonviolent_resistance   26:26 | Cambios Individuales | https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teor%C3%ADa_de_los_sentimientos_morales     28:53 Zhuangzi   | Términos del libro Qi |   31:13 | Bruce Lee Be As Water My Friend | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJMwBwFj5nQ   | Términos del libro Ying y Yang | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang      35:44  Xunzi    38:10 Capitulo de Cierre   42:20 Nota y Cierre   Aclaración: Las notas aquí presentadas sirven para dar luces sobre cosas que están fuera del mismo libro  y complementar nuestros comentarios.   Agradecimientos especiales a:  |Música|: Osvaldo Guzmán  |Sonidos Adicionales|: Osvaldo Guzmán   |Diseñadora|: María de los Ángeles Manriquez

Martha's guests are Michael Puett, Ellen Hopkins, and Joan Juliet Buck.

Geoff speaks to Harvard Professor, Michael Puett about his book 'The Path', which gives examples of how ancient, Chinese wisdom can be applied to modern life.

On tonight's programme, find out the new lyrics to Happy Birthday, courtesy of Annabel, it includes wonderful new lines such as 'Oh look how you grew'. We're also joined by Professor Michael Puett to find out more about ancient Chinese philosophies and his book - 'The Path'.

Christine Gross-Loh @grossloh Author, writer. THE PATH: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life. Bylines: @theatlantic, @wsj, @guardian, @nytimeswell @voxdotcom Christine Gross-Loh is a freelance journalist and author. Her writing has appeared in a number of publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and the Huffington Post. She has a PhD from Harvard University in East Asian history. The Path - NYT and International BestsellerPraise for THE PATH: “Puett’s dynamism translates well from his classroom theater onto the page, and his provocative, radical re-envisioning of everyday living through Chinese philosophy opens wide the “possibilities for thinking afresh about ourselves and about our future.” His text presents creative alternatives to the stale “confines of our narrative.” With philosophical consideration, our methods of interacting and coexisting may, as the author promises, have the power to better our lives and our relationships. With its academic tone and spirited, convincing vision, revolutionary new insights can be gleaned from this book on how to approach life’s multifarious situations with both heart and head.” —Kirkus Reviews “[Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh's] accessible, conversational style introduces anyone with interest to what Chinese sages suggested about giving meaning to our days. Even more impressive, they inspire interest.” —Huffington Post “The Path illuminates a little-known spiritual and intellectual landscape: the rich body of Chinese thought that, starting more than two millennia ago, charted new approaches to living a meaningful life. But Puett goes a lot further, creatively applying this ancient thought to the dilemmas of modern life. The result is a fresh recipe for harnessing our natural energies and emotions to strengthen social connection and build islands of order amid the chaos that sometimes surrounds us.” —Robert Wright, author of The Evolution of God “I read The Path in one sitting and have been talking about it to everyone. It’s brilliant, mesmerizing, profound—and deeply contrarian. It stands conventional wisdom on its head and points the way to a life of genuine fulfillment and meaning.” —Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother “This is a book that turns the notion of help—and the self, for that matter—on its head. Puett and Gross-Loh bring seemingly esoteric concepts down to Earth, where we can see them more clearly. The result is a philosophy book grounded in the here and now, and brimming with nuggets of insight. No fortune-cookie this, The Path serves up a buffet of meaty life lessons. I found myself reading and re-reading sections, letting the wisdom steep like a good cup of tea.” —Eric Weiner, author of The Geography of Bliss and The Geography of Genius Each fall, Harvard professor Michael Puett begins his freshman survey of Chinese Philosophy with a promise – if you take the ideas in these texts seriously, they will change your life. Confucius’s Analects, the Dao de jing, the writings of Mencius: Ancient texts handed down over millennia in a land more than 7000 miles away. These texts, you ask, will change my life? Many students, even those bound for Wall Street, say the class has done just that. And we have one better: we suspect they may change yours, too. In his inspiring book THE PATH: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us about the Good Life, written with Christine Gross-Loh, Puett brings these texts out of the University and into the world, encouraging us to put aside traditional Western ideas about “the good life” and to engage with the philosophies of key Chinese thinkers. A course the administration thought would barely draw 100 students has, in nine years, inspired such an overflow of requests to attend that it was forced to move to the majestic Sanders Theater – the biggest room on campus – where 700 students now crowd into that hall every semester for Puett’s legendary seminar, “Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory.” It is Harvard’s third most popular class after “Computer Science” and “The Principles of Economics.” And life-changing indeed have these ideas been. For students pressured to push ahead with big pre-set goals and achieve individual excellence, this ancient way of thinking about life seems to them nothing less than revelatory – and a huge relief. But of course it isn’t only students who feel this pressure to succeed; it’s every one of us. And while our culture rewards ambition, that ambition often leaves us wanting for happiness, for peace, and for reassurance. So for Westerners, to say nothing of Harvard students, when these are ideas are put into practice they may even seem almost subversive. According to the wisdom of the sages in THE PATH, in making subtle adjustments to way we move through our day, the most dramatic changes can – and will – occur. By engaging with these texts, we can make profound shifts in our thinking, not only about what we can control, but about what success and happiness really are; we can stop thinking about what we’d like to become, and focus more on how we want to be. Michael Puett is the Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University. He is the recipient of a Harvard College Professorship for excellence in undergraduate teaching.

Mindfulness, what it is, the benefits from its practice, and a common misunderstanding. Learn to not get trapped in the lie of a single thought or story being all of who you are. Reality and our potential is bigger than any singular narrow vision. Mentions: Daniel Siegel, Michael Puett, Dr. Jennifer Huggins

Det lackar mot jul och i veckans Vetenskapsradion Forum får vi tips om böcker att ge bort eller önska sig i julklapp. I årets traditionsenliga julklappsprogram tipsar Tobias Svanelid och Urban Björstadius om böcker att lägga under granen. Böckerna i den ordning de nämns i programmet är:Öar och öighet av Owe RonströmHavsboken, eller konsten att fånga en jättehaj från en gummibåt på ett stort hav genom fyra årstider av Morten A StrøksnesKarthistorier, eller atlas över expeditioner till världens vita fläckar av Francisca MattéoliVägen, fem kinesiska filosofer om konsten att leva av Michael Puett och Christine Gross-LohDe dödas bok, den fornegyptiska dödsboken i översättning och kommentar av Nils BillingJulius Kronberg, måleriets triumfator av Tomas BjörkByta namn, 800 efternamnsförslag med kommentarer av Bengt af KlintbergOdjuret i labyrinten av Annika ThorNordiska gudar av Johan EgerkransDen poetiska Eddan i översättning av Lars LönnrothMat, dryck och magi av Ebbe SchönProgramledare är Urban Björstadius.

Heidi talks with Michael Puett, a Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard. 

This is the second podcast in a series examining the theme of the relationship and tensions between hierarchy and equality. This episode looks at Confucian perspectives on the issues. My guests are Stephen C. Angle, Mansfield Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University; Joseph C.W. Chan, professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong; Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University and Justin Tiwald, Associate Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. Produced in association with the Berggruen Philosophy and Culture Centre. Audio Player Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In his latest book, The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything, Michael Puett presents 8 things to do if you want to make positive and lasting changes to your life. I had not come across Puett's writing until recently when I saw him interviewed about the book. One of his points in particular made me sit up and listen: ...Stop Taking Personality Tests Puett is an expert in Chinese philosophy and a professor at Harvard, so I was really interested in his ideas. My immediate thought was ‘what? No! ludicrous'. But then as he explained what he meant it quickly became clear that this was more of a click bait headline than the full story: "It's a fun exercise to learn that you're an introvert, an extrovert, or anything in between. But beware of taking any labels too seriously. All the Chinese philosophers would have been surprised by our modern-day penchant to diagnose our personalities: I'm a hothead, I fear intimacy, I'm a dreamer and so on. Labels can be damaging because they drive our behaviour and become a self-fulfilling prophecy. ‘As a result, too many of us wake up one day feeling stuck inside a narrow definition of ourselves... You might think, ‘I'm the sort of person who gets annoyed easily,' but it's likely that you have become that person because that's how you have behaved for years. ‘By being loyal to a “true self” you ended up concretising destructive habits.' " I agree with Puett. Although I don't believe we should write off personality tests. They have a very important role to play. I know from conversations that personality tests have been life changing and dare I say even life-saving for many introverts and highly sensitive people What do you do with the results of personality tests? This is an important question. It is one that holds the key to whether or not these kinds of tests are beneficial to us (and the world). I believe that personality tests can either release us and imprison us depending on what we do with the results. In this episode of the podcast we think about certain do's and don'ts of processing our discoveries, so that we don't fall into the traps that Puett believes make personality tests a negative thing... Don't Allow a Label to Think for You See Personality Type as a Diagnosis Remove Yourself From All Others Pigeon Hole Everyone Into Your Favourite Latest Personality Test Try Finding Yourself   Do Allow them to Help You See the Bigger Picture Allow them to Be the Foundation of Better Interactions and Relationships Use them to Understand Relational Friction Be an Advocate for Different Types Over to You Have you taken personality tests? Have you found them liberating or do you relate to the negative impact that we explore in this episode of the podcast? Please leave your response in the comments below, I'd love to hear what you think! Patreon There is a Patreon page for this podcast. This allows you to communicate your support for the show and encourage me to remain consistent in the creation of this content and in constantly seeking to take it to the next level. I am so incredibly thankful to those of you who continue to listen every week and for those of you decide to show your support by becoming a Patreon supporter (list of supporters here).  

In this month’s podcast, comedian Sara Pascoe talks about the female body in Animal, journalist John Preston looks back on the Jeremy Thorpe case in A Very English Scandal, Michael Puett & Christine Gross-Loh discuss the relevance of Chinese philosophy in The Path, and the editorial team shares their childhood memories.

Professor of Chinese history and philosophy Michael Puett draws from ancient teachings to help us challenge deeply-held assumptions about how to live our lives and follow a path of self-cultivation and engagement with the world. He invites us to re-examine the impact of Western philosophy on our lives and to "unlearn" many ideas that inform modern society.

Michael Puett teaches one of three most popular undergraduate courses at Harvard, on ancient Chinese philosophy and ethics: Daoism, Confucianism, Legalism, Moism, and more. What keeps students coming back year after year to this seemingly esoteric subject? Puett promises that if you take the ideas in his course seriously, they will change your life. He captures these ideas in his new book The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life, co-authored with Christine Gross-Loh.  On this week's episode of Think Again, Puett and host Jason Gots discuss free will, Western individualism, and more, with surprise prompts from interview clips with Jesse Ventura and Nobel Laureate physicist Frank Wilczek.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most of us can think of ways we want to change. The bigger challenge is follow-through.