第十二讲：

 道与逻各斯：老子与赫拉克利特论世界的原理、语言与辩证思维

Lecture Twelve：

 Dao and Logos: Laozi and Heraclitus on the Principle of the World, Language and Dialectical Thinking

Speaker主讲人

Liu Wei 刘玮

Moderator主持人

Li Jifen 李记芬

Date日期

12.2, 2025

Time时间

10:00-11:30 am

Place地点

Room 301, Lide Building 立德楼301

About the speaker: 

 LIU Wei（刘玮）is Professor of Philosophy, Director of Institute for AI Governance, Renmin University of China. His research mainly focuses on ancient Greek philosophy, history of Western ethics and political philosophy, and some aspects of comparative philosophy. 

Abstract: 

 Laozi and Heraclitus are key figures at the beginning of Chinese and Western philosophy, both renowned for their aphoristic and enigmatic styles. Laozi proposes the Dao as the fundamental principle underlying the world’s operation, whereas Heraclitus assigns the same centrality to the Logos; significantly, both “Dao” and “Logos” carry connotations of language and articulation. Besides, they both emphasize becoming and the pattern hidden under it, and stress the unity and mutual generation of opposites. This lecture will explore the striking parallels between their thoughts as well as the subtle divergences, thereby uncovering the shared patterns and different paths that mark the origins of Chinese and Western philosophy.

主办单位

中国人民大学哲学院

当代中国哲学发展研究中心