The Path to Happiness: What Chinese Philosophy Teaches us about the Good Life

I'm a big fan of ancient Chinese philosophy, and a big fan fo Michael Puett; I'm not so big a fan of self-help activities. But on balance I greatly enjoyed this as a review of some "high points" of individual philosophers. There are other courses that will go into far more depth and breadth of all of them, but for someone new to the ideas, this is a nice way to encounter them, as they are related to contemporary life in concrete ways. The self-help component is represented by an ongoing "Self-Reflection Diary" which can be downloaded in its entirety at the end of the course. Knowledge checks and quizzes are not available to Audit students, but if you're really interested in grades you probably would be happier with one of the other, more academically focused courses. I found the "13 weeks/1-2 hours/week" to be absurdly overstated; i finished it all in about a week, maybe 8 hours (though I didn't do the Diary component). But the flexibility is good, so everyone can work it however they choose.

FMI see my personal blog post at https://sloopie72.wordpress.com/2020/08/18/happiness-is-a-chinese-philosophy-mooc/