PHIL 215 | Classical Chinese Philosophy

This course introduces students to influential philosophical questions, especially ones concerning morality and politics, in early Chinese thought. Students read closely texts such as Lunyu, Daodejing, Mozi, Zhuangzi, Mengzi, Xunzi, and Hanfeizi. Students learn to develop skills for making historically-informed interpretations of these thinkers' responses to the influential philosophical questions, and to consider their ideas' relevance to practical and philosophical discourses today.