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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">The School of Liberal Arts, University of Wollongong invites you to attend the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Agora Speaker Series<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Thursday 24 March, 3.30 to 5.00pm
<span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
</span>This is an in-person event at the University of Wollongong - <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/1OcvCL7EwMfPpkzQocBIAZF?domain=uow.au1.qualtrics.com">
Register here</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Professor Karyn Lai</b> (University of New South Wales)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
</span>Are you equipped to be free? Some reflections from Daoist philosophy<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Freedom is a fundamental aspect of human life, to the extent that we consider the deprivation of certain freedoms a moral wrong. An ancient Daoist text, the Zhuangzi (4th c BCE), was deeply critical of the approaches
to government in its day, suggesting that they promoted a way of life that was akin to binding people in shackles. By contrast, there are many images in the Zhuangzi of a life that is free, of soaring birds, and of people with remarkable achievements because
their lives are not rule- or norm-governed. But a critical question arises for readers of the Zhuangzi: how can we be free? In other words, without our former guides on how life should be lived, what informs our actions and decisions? Are there new principles
to replace the old, or are there now no limits to our actions? How can we equip ourselves to make the most of this new-found freedom? I discuss the Zhuangzi’s stories which present models of how we can freely navigate the world.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The Agora Speaker Series is proudly hosted by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The School of Liberal Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">University of Wollongong <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">NSW 2522 Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">SOLA Enquiries </span><a href="mailto:sola-enquiries@uow.edu.au"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">sola-enquiries@uow.edu.au</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">T +61 2 4221 4160<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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