上游充通大 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY "They understood the potentiality of human beings, their limitations,and the predicament in which they live.Man is potent and important,yet he is fallible and mortal,capable of the greatest achievements and the worst crimes.He is a tragic figure,powerful but limited,with freedom to choose and act but bound by his own nature,knowing that he will never achieve perfect knowledge and understanding,justice and happiness,but determined to continue the search
“They understood the potentiality of human beings, their limitations, and the predicament in which they live. Man is potent and important, yet he is fallible and mortal, capable of the greatest achievements and the worst crimes. He is a tragic figure, powerful but limited, with freedom to choose and act but bound by his own nature, knowing that he will never achieve perfect knowledge and understanding, justice and happiness, but determined to continue the search
上游充通大学 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY © The abandonment of such a study or its adulteration for current political purposes would be a terrible loss to all of humanity
The abandonment of such a study or its adulteration for current political purposes would be a terrible loss to all of humanity
上游充通大 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY Beyond these exhortations,they relied on a good political regime to enable human beings to fulfill the capacities that were part of their nature,to train them in virtue and restrain them from vice
Beyond these exhortations, they relied on a good political regime to enable human beings to fulfill the capacities that were part of their nature, to train them in virtue and restrain them from vice
上游文通大 Aristotle's Lecture SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY Barbarians (Oriental Nations) Excess (moderation),practice control of our senses Strive for honon Follow reason (the divine part in us) Love excellence (to love the god)
Aristotle’s Lecture Barbarians (Oriental Nations) Excess (moderation), practice control of our senses Strive for honor Follow reason (the divine part in us) Love excellence (to love the god)
上游充通大 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY "We are all Greeks.Our laws, our literature,our religion,our arts,have their root in Greece." ------Percy Bysshe Shelley 4 August 1792-8 July 1822
"We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece.“ ------Percy Bysshe Shelley 4 August 1792- 8 July 1822