Hello all,

I just finished compiling material for my first class: “Taoism, An Overview.” As so far, I’ve only just finished the first lesson, but if there is interest, I hope to expand it to a four-session course:

1: Taoism, An Overview
2: Taoism, Reading the Tao Te Ching
3: Taoism, Reading the Chuang-Tse
4: Taoism, a Comparative Study

In the first lesson, we will study the history of the philosophical school, its major figures, and take a short dip into its mystical waters, discussing the core tenets of Taoism based on brief excerpts from its main texts.

No prior knowledge of Taoism nor philosophy in general is necessary, and I encourage all with an interest to attend!

Before I schedule this introductory lesson, I wanted to receive some feedback on scheduling: what sort of time / day of the week would work best for those with an interest? I think I will schedule two separate sessions of the “Overview” lesson to begin with, and then we can go from there!

Thanks for taking the time to read (and respond)!

Joe C

Ni——ce! Weekday later in the night (after 9pm EST so 6pm your time) would be convenient for me. Looking forward to it Joe!

Hi! I would love to attend your lesson about Taoism. For me the best time would be Fridays 7 pm till 10 pm Latvian time and Saturdays 11 am till 8 pm.
If you have this class, please send me a message.

I will be very interested in this course! I did an analysis on Zhuang Zi 庄子(in Chinese of course) when I was writing my thesis for my Masters but more on his literature works being influenced by Taoism. Looking forward to your class if I the schedule is right for me.:D

I would love to attend this class also. For me in the UK, anytime up until around 10pm my time so 2pm Pacific Time. Any day for me.

Awesome! Whenever the class is scheduled please let me know.
ALOHA

Hello everyone,

Thanks for expressing interest! I’ll collect a few more time suggestions from people and try to work around them to schedule the session(s).

@Claire— Zhuangzi (or Chuang-Tse, as I learned it) is one of the guys we’re covering! I love his playful, paradoxical style of writing. The two texts we’re examining are the “Inner Chapters” of his, and of course Lao-Tse / Laozi’s “Tao Te Ching”. I hope you’ll attend and bring your special expertise and insight to this subject!