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Enlightenment & the Spirit of Freedom
Do the people have a right to ignorance? Twenty years of reflection on enlightenment, speech, and the free order.
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- 1Do the People Have the Right to Be Ignorant? — With a Discussion of Enlightenment and Unconcealment2012People have the right to stupidity—this is Tian Song’s claim: “The people have the right to stupidity; if they are deprived of the…
- 2Arendt Reading Notes2011Finally finished reading Arendt’s The Human Condition, and feel immensely relieved... Let me make some notes.. Wang Yinli’s Chinese translation of The Human…
- 3Philosophical Ramblings [Episode 1]: Freedom Is Like Treating Someone to a Meal2015Since I wanted to launch the “Philosophy Commentary” column, I had long been bursting with topics I wanted to write about, but when…
- 4Freedom of Speech and Social Media2021This article was written spontaneously, as a stream-of-consciousness piece prompted by my own feelings; it is shared only on Suixuan, and please do…
- 5Choosing Peking University, Taking on Freedom2008The original writing plan for “Yanyuan—The Four Schools” had stalled for a long time because I shut myself away and hid from the…
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