This course from award winning Harvard professor Puett became quite popular with students who are using the ideas of ancient Chinese philosophers to take a new look at the way they can face every day challenges and open up new possibilities for themselves and others. This is not a self improvement book or a believe in yourself seminar, this is a look at how modern assumptions have actually limited the opportunities we have set before ourselves. The ideas contained in this book are by no means new but Puett's engagement of them brings them a fresh appeal for a new generation that is encumbered by the search to be themselves and live a good life. What exactly is a good person? How do we achieve the self fulfillment we all desire?
These ancient scholars were all ready exploring these questions over two thousand years ago and their answers may seem counter intuitive but could be the beginning of a revolutionary look at how history and mankind has slowly crafted the modern world we live in. The Path is the beginning of a journey that requires one thing from the traveler, start by seeing and doing every thing completely differently than you've been taught. There is no Path to follow but every step is a chance to create a new set of possibilities.
This book clearly makes it obvious why the course is so well received. With the knowledge contained in these writings any one can begin to realize the numerous ways that we curtail our potential by simply believing in the limitations that define our lives. Even little things that you have come to accept as your personality traits could be a hindrance to your search for fulfillment.
If at the end of the book you have done nothing else but come to understand how China helped to establish some of the basic concepts we still use today in our lives, consider yourself well rewarded. This book will help you to blow some of the cobwebs away and wake you up to the myriad ways in which you can expand your abilities and self knowledge.
These ancient scholars were all ready exploring these questions over two thousand years ago and their answers may seem counter intuitive but could be the beginning of a revolutionary look at how history and mankind has slowly crafted the modern world we live in. The Path is the beginning of a journey that requires one thing from the traveler, start by seeing and doing every thing completely differently than you've been taught. There is no Path to follow but every step is a chance to create a new set of possibilities.
This book clearly makes it obvious why the course is so well received. With the knowledge contained in these writings any one can begin to realize the numerous ways that we curtail our potential by simply believing in the limitations that define our lives. Even little things that you have come to accept as your personality traits could be a hindrance to your search for fulfillment.
If at the end of the book you have done nothing else but come to understand how China helped to establish some of the basic concepts we still use today in our lives, consider yourself well rewarded. This book will help you to blow some of the cobwebs away and wake you up to the myriad ways in which you can expand your abilities and self knowledge.
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