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URL:https://philosophy.colostate.edu/events/public-lecture-self-cultivatio
 n-steps-in-early-china-with-paul-fischer/
SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Self-Cultivation Steps in Early China with Paul Fis
 cher
DESCRIPTION:Self-cultivation (修身) was a pursuit addressed by a number o
 f early Chinese “Masters” (子). Some of these authors articulated sel
 f-cultivation programs consisting of a number of steps leading toward the 
 goal. This talk examines several such programs\, assessing the rhetorical 
 strategies used by these authors\, and revealing instances of potential bo
 rrowing\, as well as conceptual congruencies and contention. Because these
  authors largely shared the same cosmological and anthropological assumpti
 ons\, despite spanning several centuries prior to Qin unification\, it is 
 not surprising that the components of their programs are similarly shared:
  the whole person (身)\, the body (形)\, the will (志)\, human inclinat
 ions (情) that were often emotional in nature\, a human nature (性) that
  could be species- or person-specific\, and ideas of fate and destiny (命
 ). Most important\, however\, were the various iterations of the mind (心
 ): introspective\, emotional\, perceptive\, social (and socialized)\, and 
 amenable to certain metaphysical or metaphorical influences\, such as qi-s
 ubstance (氣)\, essences (精)\, and spirit/ousness (神). Goals\, too\, 
 while certainly varying\, drew upon a common well of personal and social c
 oncerns: health\, longevity\, well-being\, virtuosity\, mental acuity\, fa
 milial and social harmony\, and right relations with the cosmos and its va
 rious inhabitants. This paper compares narratives from diverse ideological
  contexts and demonstrates both conceptual and teleological correlations a
 s well as competing arguments relating to the aims and practices of self-c
 ultivation.
LOCATION:LSC 300\, Lory Student Center\, Colorado State University\, Fort C
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