Tu Weiming b. 1940
Tu Weiming (born 1940) is a Chinese-American philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Confucianism.
Tu Weiming is a Chinese-American philosopher, professor at Peking University and emeritus professor at Harvard, and the most influential exponent of New Confucianism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Centrality and Commonality and Confucian Thought: Selfhood as Creative Transformation reread the Confucian tradition as a humanism of self-cultivation in which the individual realizes itself only by joining itself to family, community, and cosmos through ongoing ritual practice. His many essays, lectures, and dialogues with Western philosophers and theologians have made the case for a global ethical conversation in which Confucianism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism have each their own dignity.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Chinese-American
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Confucianism
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Tu Weiming:
“The self in Confucian thought is not a private possession but a center for the realization of relationships.”
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Attributed to Tu Weiming:
“Self-cultivation is the ground from which all genuine social life rises.”
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Attributed to Tu Weiming:
“A person is fully human only when their humanity has been polished by relations with others.”
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Attributed to Tu Weiming:
“Confucianism is not a religion among others; it is a way of being human that other religions may inhabit.”
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Attributed to Tu Weiming:
“Centrality and commonality are the twin names of the Confucian path.”
Frequently asked about Tu Weiming
- When was Tu Weiming born?
- Tu Weiming was born in 1940.
- Where was Tu Weiming from?
- Tu Weiming is a Chinese-American philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Tu Weiming associated with?
- Tu Weiming is associated with Confucianism.
- What is Tu Weiming known for?
- Tu Weiming is a Chinese-American philosopher, professor at Peking University and emeritus professor at Harvard, and the most influential exponent of New Confucianism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
- How many quotes are attributed to Tu Weiming?
- There are 5 attributed quotations from Tu Weiming in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.