Ease into the long winter nights.
With temperatures dropping and daylight decreasing, the Winter Solstice is officially upon us. The transition to shorter days and longer nights isn’t always easy, so we’ve compiled courses to help you warm up and defrost your mind. From learning about the path to happiness to listening to Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, these topics are a perfect accompaniment to a winter evening spent at home.
Grab a blanket, sip a hot beverage, and cozy up with these Harvard Online courses:
The Path to Happiness: What Chinese Philosophy Teaches us about the Good Life
Today, finding happiness is about mindfulness and discovering your true self. You may have heard that happiness is found by looking within. Ancient Chinese philosophy challenges all of these modern assumptions. From Confucianism to Daoism, the philosophies developed over two thousand years ago are among the most powerful in human history.
This course brings voices from the past into modern contexts to explore the path to a good life today. The philosophical concepts discussed provide tools to change your life and increase personal happiness by focusing on your actions, the power of ritual, and the importance of sensing the world around you.
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