Michael Puett: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life

from Michael Puett: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life held on April 13, 2016

Michael Puett, Professor of Chinese History and Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University; Co-author, The Path: What Chinese Philosopher Can Teach Us About the Good Life
Frank Wu, Chair, The Committee of 100; Former Chancellor and Dean, University of California Hastings—Moderator

Why is a course on ancient Chinese philosophers one of the most popular at Harvard? Counterintuitive and countercultural, Puett shares why the important teachings developed more than 2000 years ago still apply today.

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