Wednesday, March 24, 2010

PHI 2070 Eastern Philosophy, this summer


Should “ahimsa” rule the world? 
Can “nothingness” exist? 
Is evil also good? 
Is God “in the excrement”? 
Why “miracle” is just a metaphor for the containment of power. 
Does “reincarnation” mean to change one’s personality? 
Did the Chinese invent pragmatism? 
How “koan” can change your life (and your idea of poetry).
What’s Bodhidharma’s mindless mind?
Why losing is not always losing and winning not always winning. 
Can “bravery” consist in dying?
Does silence speak better than words?
 Why to destroy is to transform (careful! only for gods!).

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In case you're interested, I'll be teaching PHI 2070 during Summer A.