Send us a text English Description (German below) Guest: Willi Goetschel One of the key figures of the Enlightenment was Königsberg-born philosopher Immanuel Kant. The influential thinker once spoke of his age as the true “age of criticism, to which everything must submit.” His critiques are examinations of both the possibilities and limits of human thought. He argued that reason must critically examine not only religion, legislation, ethics, and the like, but also itself. His aim was to ex...
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Send us a text English Description (German below) Guest: Willi Goetschel One of the key figures of the Enlightenment was Königsberg-born philosopher Immanuel Kant. The influential thinker once spoke of his age as the true “age of criticism, to which everything must submit.” His critiques are examinations of both the possibilities and limits of human thought. He argued that reason must critically examine not only religion, legislation, ethics, and the like, but also itself. His aim was to ex...
Confucius the Stoic? - On an early encounter between Eastern and Western philosophy (English podcast)
METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich
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Confucius the Stoic? - On an early encounter between Eastern and Western philosophy (English podcast)
Send us a textEnglish Description (German below)Guest: Andrew Yeung Bun HuiWith the Metis project, we are trying to bring philosophical traditions and voices of the world into contact with each other. Intercultural exchange has a long history that goes back much further than our Metis project.Andrew Hui has been working on a project entitled: "Confucius the Stoic: The Encounter between Western and Chinese Philosophy in the Age of Matteo Ricci." The title suggests that Andrew can help us shed ...
METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich
Send us a text English Description (German below) Guest: Willi Goetschel One of the key figures of the Enlightenment was Königsberg-born philosopher Immanuel Kant. The influential thinker once spoke of his age as the true “age of criticism, to which everything must submit.” His critiques are examinations of both the possibilities and limits of human thought. He argued that reason must critically examine not only religion, legislation, ethics, and the like, but also itself. His aim was to ex...
