Zhao Lin: “Between God and Newton—Zhao Lin Lecture Collection (1),” Dongfang Publishing House, May 2007, 21 yuan
Zhao Lin is indeed quite good. I hear he has also appeared on the Lecture Room program; that kind of venue really ought to have more talks like this.
This collection gathers lectures Zhao Lin delivered at universities around China. The audience was neither students in the philosophy department nor ordinary TV viewers, but rather people with a certain knowledge background who enjoy thinking through questions—or, to put it another way, ordinary university students.
Taken as a whole, these talks are essentially popular introductions to philosophy and Christianity, the most elementary sort of introduction to philosophy and religion. But this most basic understanding of philosophy, Christianity, and Western culture is quite lacking among the public today, and even among ordinary university students. These lectures explain things clearly and accessibly, with just the right touch, and are worth recommending. I also agree with most of the views in this book—after all, they are all the most basic kinds of views, and there is nothing here in the way of especially distinctive personal theses.
August 31, 2007
Translated from the Chinese original with AI assistance. The original text is authoritative.
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