This is a lecture on the problem of "weakness of will" in the Neo-Confucian philosophers Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming, given by Professor Bryan VAN NORDEN, at Yale-NUS College in Singapore for the course Philosophy and Political Thought 2, on 22 January 2020.
Previous Lecture: China's Favorite Confucian: Wang Yangming, • China's Favorite Confu...
Following Lecture: Confucian Iconoclasts of the Ming Dynasty, • Confucian Iconoclasts
For more on Zhu Xi, see "Zhu Xi and Mature Neo-Confucian Metaphysics," • Neo Confucian Ethics &...
2:03 What is "weakness of will"?
5:47 Who was Zhu Xi?
8:28 What is Neo-Confucian metaphysics?
13:39 Interpreting the Four Books
24:34 Bad smells and lovely sights as moral metaphors
33:08 Wang Yangming's Critique
39:10 Summary
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