Giants always represent their age, and they are always symbols of human civilization. Each nation owns its sages. In the east, Confucius is considered as the greatest saint. He is the major founder of our profound traditional Chinese culture. At the same time, Socrates was like a star shining in the sky of the west. He was known as “the Western Confucius”. The thoughts of the Confucius and Socrates share great similarities.
On the 2nd June, Guo ShiYu, the author of Confucius and Socrates will come to the UoM China Centre, to share with us on this important topic. This will be a great lecture on the Chinese and western philosophy, literature and culture, if you are keen to know the essentials, please pencil in the date on your diary and bring your voice, view & experience. 孔子与苏格拉底,两位伟大的思想家,一位代表东方,一位代表西方。 似乎,他俩不具备同框气质。 然而,这可能是一个误解。 他们思想的精神内核其实颇有相通之处。 而他们关于理想社会、完美人格,关于财富、教育等各方面的观点,直至今日仍熠熠生辉,是人类永久的精神宝藏。 苏格拉底:真实的正义,就如我们刚才所描述的,它不是关于外在的,而是关于内在的,即关于真正本身的事情。正义的人不允许自己灵魂里的各个部分互相干涉,起本来其他部分负责的作用。 孔子:夫仁者,己欲立而立人,己欲达而达人。能近取譬,可谓仁之方也已。 曼彻斯特大学中国中心邀请《孔子与苏格拉底》一书的作者,中华书局文心工作室主任郭时羽,从原始文献入手,加以深入浅出的阐释,带你穿过误解、跨越时空,与这两位哲人进行一次酣畅淋漓的对话,解读这两位智慧大家的共通之处。 |