Grace & Dignity | Audrey Hepburn & Friedrich Schiller | A Philosophy of Body, Soul, & Face

This video is about faces and bodies and how we move them, which is far, far more important than we realize. This crazy journey beings with Audrey Hepburn, runs through German and Chinese philosophy, and, by various and sundry routes, arrives back at each and every one of us.

Grace is beauty of movement. And moving beautifully matters. For example, we know that our human relationships (with with parents, children, family, friends, strangers, and enemies) are foundational for our lives, but we often don’t appreciate the fact that the WAY we move our bodies in respect to those people forms the baseline for the quality of those relationships. So much of our broader moral interaction comes down to facial expression, to tone of voice, to the way we look at people—whether in a restrained, graceful, dignified way, with clear-eyed, confident respect, or in a cowardly, aggressive, lewd way.

Grace and dignity are what make for better lives, a better society, and a better world.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Intro 00:00
Grace 1:21
Movement and Meaning in Life 3:44
Taoism: Be Like Water 5:47
Dignity 17:40
The Completion of Human Nature 20:28
Graceful and Dignified Reformation 26:45

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MUSIC
Mahler, Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Debussy, La Mer, 1. "De l'aube à midi sur la mer"
Beethoven, Egmont Overture
Schubert, Serenade

SOME SOURCES

FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
Aesthetical and Philosophical Essays: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6798/6798-h/6798-h.htm
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schiller/

AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, Confessions

TAOISM & TAI CHI
Tao Te Ching, Translated by Stephen Addiss & Stanley Lombardo
The Complete Works of Zhuangzi, Translated by Burton Watson
The Tao of Tai Chi Chuan, featuring Taoist Priest Zhou Xuan Yun: https://www.brown.edu/about/administration/international-affairs/year-of-china/tao-tai-chi-chuan-featuring-taoist-priest-zhou-xuan-yun
The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi: 12 Weeks to a Healthy Body, Strong Heart & Sharp Mind by Peter M. Wayne, PhD, with Mark L. Fuerst

ARISTOTLE, NICOMACHEAN ETHICS

ALFRED ADLER
Social Interest: A Challenge to Mankind
What Life Should Mean to You

Some stock footage from Videvo.com

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