PHI 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Political Philosophy, Zhong You, Analects

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1103
• Professor: Mark Brown

Document Summary

[1] the good life here and now: plato, many religions, also secular views like kant"s, kongzi: life in this world and happiness in this world, kongzi not a theoretical philosopher, on purpose (5. 13) 11. 12 zilu asked about serving ghosts and spirits. The master said, you are not yet able to serve people how could you be able to serve ghosts and spirits? the master said you do not yet understand life how could you possibly understand death? . Life after death, more important than being successful in life in this world (we cannot say that kongzi"s thought is mainly a religious thought, that there is something death) [2] kongzi"s brand of traditionalism: traditionalism for him means going back to the roots. 7. 1 the master said i transmit rather than innovate. I trust in and love the ancient ways: transmits the old, ancient cultural ways.