Plato, Socrates, and the Birth of Western Philosophy

Plato, Socrates, and the Birth of Western Philosophy课程简介：前往报名学习

Plato, Socrates, and the Birth of Western Philosophy课程简介：

Explore the works of Plato, Aristotle, Heraclitus and other originators of Western philosophy in an immersive study of ancient Greek and Roman philoso

前往报名学习

Plato, Socrates, and the Birth of Western Philosophy课程目录：

Introduction(1)——Philosophy, Religion and Culture

--1.Etymology

--2.Definition and the History of Philosophy

--3.Religion

--4.Culture

--5.Theory of Cultural Transformation and Interaction: Five theoretical premise

--6.Theory of Cultural Transformation and Interaction:Five Basic Position

--7.The Significance of Theory of Cultural Transformation and Interaction

--Thinking Questions

Introduction(2)——A Sketch of Ancient Greek Philosophy

--1.The Birth Environment of the Greek Philosophy(1)

--2.The Birth Environment of Greek Philosophy(2)

--3.The Stages and Schools of Greek Philosophy(1)

--4.The Stages and Schools of Greek Philosophy(2)

--5.The Local Characteristics of Ancient Greek Philosophy and the progress of internationalization(1)

--6.The Local Characteristics of Ancient Greek Philosophy and the progress of internationalization(1)

--7.The termination of Ancient Greek Philosophy

--Thinking Questions

Seeking “shi”（是）—— the Sprout of Rationality

--1.A transition to rational thinking（1）

--2.A transition to rational thinking（2）

--3.A transition to rational thinking（3）

--4.A transition to rational thinking（4）

--5.Heraclitus’ thinking

--6.Parmenides’ thinking（1）

--7.Parmenides’ thinking（2）

--Thinking Questions

Seeking"ben"(本)——Ontology&Metaphysics

--1.Seeking the origin:the early philosophers(1)

--2.Seeking the origin:the early philosophers(2)

--3.Seeking the essence: Plato’s theory of Form (1)

--4.Seeking the essence: Plato’s theory of Form (2)

--5.Seeking to on: Aristotle’s ontology and metaphysics (1)

--6.Seeking to on: Aristotle’s ontology and metaphysics (2)

--Thinking Questions

Seeking “zhi”（知）——the Ancient Epistemology

--1.The lexical meaning

--2.Epistemology(1)

--3.Epistemology(2)

--4.Epistemology(3)

--5.Epistemology(4)

--6.The features

--Thinking Questions

Seeking “zhen”（真）——Methodology & Logic

--1.A lexical meaning（1）

--2.A lexical meaning（2）

--3.A lexical meaning（3）

--4.Plato’s Dialectics（authentic true）

--5.Aristotle’s Logics（judging true）(1)

--6.Aristotle’s Logics（judging true）(2)

--Thinking Questions

Seeking “shi”（实）——Natural Sciences

--1.A lexical meaning

--2.The occurrence and development of the ancient Greek Science(1)

--3.The occurrence and development of the ancient Greek Science(2)

--4.The occurrence and development of the ancient Greek Science(3)

--5.The occurrence and development of the ancient Greek Science(4)

--6.The occurrence and development of the ancient Greek Science(5)

--7.the technicalization and application of ancient Greek Science(1)

--8.the technicalization and application of ancient Greek Science(2)

--Thinking Questions

Seeking “mei”（美）——Odes to the Love

--1.A Lexical meaning

--2.Plato’s theory of Love

--3.The high praise to the love god: a reading on Symposium （1）

--4.The high praise to the love god: a reading on Symposium （2）

--5.The high praise to the love god: a reading on Symposium （3）

--6.The high praise to the love god: a reading on Symposium （4）

--Thinking Questions

Seeking “shan”（善）——An Ethical Thought

--1.A lexical analysis

--2.The development of the Classic Greek Ethics（1）

--3.The development of the Classic Greek Ethics（2）

--4.The development of the Classic Greek Ethics（3）

--5.The development of the Classic Greek Ethics（4）

--6.From the ultimate goodness to the common goodness（1）

--7.From the ultimate goodness to the common goodness（2）

--Thinking Questions

Seeking “ren”（仁）——A Humanism

--1.A lexical meaning

--2.Ancient humanistic trend of thoughts(1)

--3.Ancient humanistic trend of thoughts(2)

--4.Ancient humanistic trend of thoughts(3)

--5.A theoretical summary

--Thinking Questions

Seeking “yi”（义）——On Justice

--1.A lexical analysis

--2.The story of Gyges

--3.The Ancient theory of justice(1)

--4.The Ancient theory of justice(2)

--4.The Ancient theory of justice(3)

--Thinking Questions

Seeking “li”（礼）——States and Legislation

--1.An explanation to the related words

--2.A Platonic Republic

--3.Cicero’s people’s Republic(1)

--4.Cicero’s people’s Republic(2)

--Thinking Questions

Seeking “fu”（福）——A Spirit of Religions

--1.A lexical analysis

--2.The religious trends in the late period of ancient Greek philosophy（1）

--3.The religious trends in the late period of ancient Greek philosophy（2）

--4.The religious trends in the late period of ancient Greek philosophy（3）

--5.The religious trends in the late period of ancient Greek philosophy（4）

--6.The collision between faith and reason(1)

--7.The collision between faith and reason(2)

--Thinking Questions

Seeking “sheng”（圣）——Communion with gods

--1.An explanation to the related words

--2.Communion with gods(1)

--3.Communion with gods(2)

--4.Communion with gods(3)

--5.Communion with gods(4)

--6.Plotinus’ mystical system of thoughts

--Thinking Questions

A General Summary ——A Basic Spirit of the Ancient Greek Philosophy Synopsis of Lecture XV

--1.The local characteristics of the ancient Greek Philosophy

--2.The progressive universalization of the ancient Greek Philosophy

--3.The basic spirits of the ancient Greek Philosophy（1）

--4.The basic spirits of the ancient Greek Philosophy（2）

--Thinking Questions

Plato, Socrates, and the Birth of Western Philosophy授课教师：

王晓朝-教授-清华大学-道德与宗教研究院

博士生导师，清华大学道德与宗教研究院副院长，国家社科基金评审专家，中国宗教学会副会长。主要研究领域：希腊罗马哲学、教父哲学、中西文化交流、基督教文化研究、伦理学史。已出版和发表著译《希腊宗教概论》、《基督教与帝国文化》、《神秘与理性的交融》、《罗马帝国文化转型论》、《教父学研究》、《传统道德向现代道德的转型》、《希腊哲学简史》、《跨文化视野下的希腊形上学反思》、《柏拉图全集》、《西塞罗全集》、《上帝之城》等30余种，论文200余篇。在研北京市社科基金重大项目“古希腊罗马伦理思想史”（14ZDA14）、国家社科基金重点项目“斐洛全集的翻译与综合研究”（14AZX010）。