The Philosopher's Last Lesson

When you see this book, you will have received the love and farewell that philosopher Zhu Rui left for the world.
Declared by medicine to have only tens of days left to live, experiencing physical pain and loss of function every day, Zhu Rui's writings directly confront the process of getting closer to death with every step. But he was fearless, and brought his reflections on life and death to the very last moments of his life. He always believed that death is a part of life, and that we talk about death in order to live better.
This book is precisely derived from the author Zhu Rui's dialogues in the last ten days of his life, as well as his last philosophy course at Renmin University of China, bringing together over 30 years of his reflections in the field of philosophical research.
From a university classroom to a hospice ward, he transformed his last moments into a life's crossing, using philosophical concepts and life's practice to elucidate the meaning and value of individual life, an understanding of the positivity of death, from the ancient Greek philosophical debate of "practicing death" to Zhuangzi's view of life and death as "the great transformation," from the predicament of existentialism to the ultimate interpretation of love, hoping to give readers a multi-faceted perspective on life, to re-understand life, understand living, understand themselves, and face the ultimate challenges in life with a philosophical and artistic attitude.
·Ye Tan's Recommendation: Everyone should believe in their own insignificance, not as humility, because it is precisely the insignificant individual who, with the moral law in their heart, can rival the vast starry sky. We can live in a pure way without pursuing external purposes, even if the future is unknowable, even if the individual life is in the painful process of dying, deprived of external dignity, but from another perspective, it can still be a part of life, it can be eternal, it is possible that life has only transformed into another form, becoming atoms of stone, becoming spring mud that nurtures flowers. It is a blessing to be able to converse with such profound thoughts, this is the ultimate beauty in life.
·Deeply reported by Xinhua News Agency and People's Daily, millions of netizens followed with tears.
·Why not listen to this philosopher talk as if old friends are reuniting. The last ten conversations of a life, directly hitting the deep magnanimity of life. Life unexamined, in a world of wind and rain, be small but significant people.

2025-03-01

中信出版集团

200

9787521774320