Dear all,

​I hope you're having a nice start to the new semester. 

​I would like to draw your attention to a new series of reading groups that I am now co-running together with Flaminia Pischedda (Department of Linguistics) focused on Early Chinese texts. This semester we will read the Mencius which is one of the foundational works of the Confucian tradition and a key philosophical text of the Warring States period (V-III century BCE). This text is famous for its optimistic view that “human nature is good.” 

If you are interested in joining us, please send an email to me (solmeng.hirschi@univie.ac.at) or flaminia.pischedda@univie.ac.at in order to be added to the mailing list. You will then receive all information and updates. We usually meet fortnightly during semester.

We will begin with Chapter 1. You can find a full translation here: http://www.acmuller.net/con-dao/mencius.html

The first session will take place on Thursday March 19, at 4-6 PM, at Apostelgasse 23 in the 3rd district. 

​Many thanks, and I look forward to seeing you there!

​All the best,

Solmeng

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Universität Wien
Solmeng-Jonas Hirschi, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ancient Philosophy and Classics
FWF-Projekt: "Magna Moralia: Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary"
Department of Philosophy,
Universitätsstraße 7 (NIG), 1010 Wien

solmeng.hirschi@univie.ac.at
https://antikephilosophie.univie.ac.at/forschungsprojekte/