INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERHarvard's most popular professor explains how thinkers from Confucius to Zhuangzi can transform our livesThe first book of its kind, The Path draws on the work of the great but largely unknown Chinese philosophers to offer a profound guide to living well. By explaining what these teachings reveal about subjects from decision-making to relationsh...

De weg biedt een geheel nieuwe kijk op het dagelijks leven. Michael Puett, Harvards populairste docent, laat zien hoe Chinese denkers ons inspireren tot grote en kleine veranderingen. In De weg put hij hiervoor uit het werk van zes grote Chinese filosofen zoals Confucius en Lao Tze. Mede door de waarde die zij aan kleine gebaren, rituelen en goede gewoontes hechten, bieden zij een totaal ander wereldbeeld dan westerse denkers of boeddhistische leraren. De weg daagt ons uit onze diepgeworte...

De weg biedt een geheel nieuwe kijk op het dagelijks leven. Michael Puett, Harvards populairste docent, laat zien hoe Chinese denkers ons inspireren tot grote en kleine veranderingen. In De weg put hij hiervoor uit het werk van zes grote Chinese filosofen zoals Confucius en Lao Tze. Mede door de waarde die zij aan kleine gebaren, rituelen en goede gewoontes hechten, bieden zij een totaal ander wereldbeeld dan westerse denkers of boeddhistische leraren. De weg daagt ons uit onze diepgeworte...

For the first time, an award-winning Harvard professor shares his wildly popular course on classical Chinese philosophy, showing you how ancient ideas—like the fallacy of the authentic self—can guide you on the path to a good life today.Why is a course on ancient Chinese philosophers one of the most popular at Harvard? Because it challenges all our modern assumptions about what it takes to flourish.Astonishing teachings emerged two thousand years ago throug...

Penguin presents, the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Path by Professor Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh, read by Professor Michael Puett.Harvard's most popular professor explains how thinkers from Confucius to Zhuangzi can transform our livesThe first book of its kind, The Path draws on the work of the great but largely unknown Chinese philosophers to offer a profound guide to living well. By explaining what these teachings...

For the first time, an award-winning Harvard professor shares his wildly popular course on classical Chinese philosophy, showing you how ancient ideas—like the fallacy of the authentic self—can guide you on the path to a good life today.Why is a course on ancient Chinese philosophers one of the most popular at Harvard? Because it challenges all our modern assumptions about what it takes to flourish.Astonishing teachings emerged two thousand years ago throug...

Comment mener une vie accomplie ? Comment trouver l'amour ? Choisir la bonne carrière ? Qu'est-ce qu'être vraiment heureux ? Toutes ces questions, nous ne cessons de nous les poser avec, toujours, cette impression de ne jamais obtenir de réponses satisfaisantes.Et si, pour mieux envisager l'avenir, il nous fallait tout penser différemment ? Et si la solution c'était de revenir à la sagesse des anciens ?C'est ce que nous propose ici Michael Puett, professeur à Harvard et spéc...

Una guia sàvia per a la vida bona.El pensament occidental ens ha situat en marcs mentals que no ens porten a la veritable felicitat ni a l'equilibri, sinó que ens empenyen a la recerca sempre de "més" (ja sigui consumir o treballar), i hem oblidat la importància de connectar amb el món i amb nosaltres mateixos.El curs que imparteix Michael Puett, professor d'Història Xinesa a Harvard, és dels més populars, i fins i tot ha guanyat una menció especial per exc...

Laat je inspireren door de wijsheden van de oude Chinese filosofen. Dit gratis E-book bevat 88 vertaalde fragmenten uit Chinese bronteksten.

In moments of uncertainty, to whom do we turn for solace and insight? How can we endure and overcome our own suffering? Harvard University professors Davíd Carrasco, Arthur Kleinman, Stephanie Paulsell, and Michael Puett turn to great thinkers, artists, and religious traditions not for definitive answers, but for lessons we can bring to our own quests for wisdom. Wisdom, they find, is not an abstract ideal but a way of living formed by caring for others and through everyday practices of so...

Rito e modernità si propone di cambiare radicalmente la nostra concezione del rito. Con l'aiuto di prospettive psicoanalitiche e antropologiche, illustra il processo di creazione di mondi"come se", fondati nella capacità della mente di immaginare universi condivisi, di passare da un mondo immaginario all'altro, comune al rito e al gioco. I riti tracciano i confini dei mondi immaginari, tra cui l'empatia e altri ambiti di creatività, come la musica, l'architettura e la letteratura. I riti c...

This collection of poems offers a Buddhist reinterpretation of Judeo-Christian theology, examining core religious concepts and figures through an Eastern philosophical lens.It presents alternative perspectives on well-known biblical narratives, such as the roles of God, Eve, Christ, and the apostles, often emphasizing themes of non-duality, doubt as a twin of belief, and the limitations of language and dogma.The text also explores broader spiritual ideas like suffering, the...