As I embark on the next chapter of my life devoted to pursuit and sharing of wisdom, I invite my teachers, friends, and students ("from all my teachers I have gained insight!") to join me in this forum for that purpose.
I will be presenting ideas that I have developed in my teaching for the past decade, and some for much longer than that, along with relatively new ideas that have just come to me. In all these cases, I welcome friendly, constructive criticism. If I have overlooked important learning or other insights (ranging from complementary to challenging), by all means let me know — I want to learn from you too!
There will be references along the way to books that I have published or translated, to books that I am currently working on, and to books that may grow out of the postings and discussions on these blogs. If you wish to serve as a test-reader of my books-in-progress, let me know by e-mail and I will communicate with you to facilitate that.
I hope to recreate in this blog the ambience that I have strived to create in my classroom over the years: brave searching for broad vision, grappling with the big ideas, based on serious learning and critical thinking. All viewpoints are welcome. Mutual respect is a basic given. My viewpoint is my own; I welcome yours!
Ben Bag-bag said: "Turn it and turn it over, for everything is in it. Study it; grow old and grey in it, for you will find no better resource than it!" I have universalized the "it" in his statement to refer to the whole Western tradition of learning — religious and philosophical (and let's include the literary and artistic tradition as well).
In that spirit, let us begin once more to learn!
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