Events
[GE Salon 2017-18] Greek Tragedy and Human Fortune
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Date:
19 Apr 2018
Time:
7 – 9 pm
Venue:
LT3, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK
Speaker(s):
Prof. Kwan Tze Wan
Biography of Speaker:
Professor Emeritus, Philosophy Department, CUHK
Founding Director, Research Centre for Humanities Computing
Founding Director, Archive for Phenomenology & Contemporary Philosophy
Gastprofessor, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Admission:
Enquiries:
gefp@cuhk.edu.hk
Synopsis of Lecture:
(Only in Chinese) 悲劇之於俗世,一般人是避之則吉。焉知於古代西方,希臘人對悲劇卻甘之如飴。就有關議題,尼釆論悲劇的「誕生」之論點固膾炙人口,但尼采此外其實還言及希臘悲劇的「死亡」,甚至其「再生」!其所指者何?我們對尼釆這一說法應如何解讀?要回答這些問題,我們或可循既充滿矛盾,但又最能概括人生的「哀樂」二字稍予探求。