预告·第十四讲 | 孔子与柏拉图论生死 | 全英文系列讲座：中国哲学与当代视界·2025
日期：2025-12-14
第十四讲： 孔子与柏拉图论生死
Lecture Fourteen： Confucius and Plato on life and death
Speaker主讲人
Wu Gongqing 吴功青
Moderator主持人
Li Jifen 李记芬
Date日期
12.16, 2025
Time时间
10:00-11:30 am
Place地点
Room 301, Lide Building 立德楼301
About the speaker:
Wu Gongqing, Wu Yuzhang young Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Renmin University of China. His main research areas include Renaissance philosophy and modern philosophy. He is the author of Enchantment and Disenchantment: Pico’s Thoughts on Magic and the Birth of Modern Word (SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2023) and has published dozens of articles in Chinese and international journals such as Philosophical Research, World Phiolsophy and so on.
Abstract:
Both Chinese and Western philosophers have profound reflections on life and death. At first glance, their thoughts appear entirely different. Confucius said, "How can you know death if you do not know life（未知生焉知死）?"—focusing solely on life while leaving death unaddressed. In contrast, Western philosophers like Plato often discuss death, as if saying, "How can you know life if you do not know death（未知死焉知生）？" However, deeper exploration will reveal that this difference is superficial, as both Chinese and Western philosophers share strikingly similar insights on the relation between life and death.
主办单位
银河Galaxy
当代中国哲学发展研究中心
