Yu Youhui, male, Han ethnicity, native of Yihuang, Jiangxi. He joined the university in July 2005 and currently serves as a Professor at Nanchang University. He holds a Ph.D. in Foreign Philosophy from Zhejiang University and is a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities, Nanchang University.

  Contact Email: yuyouhui@163.com

  Primary Research Fields and Interests:

  Greek and Roman philosophy, with recent focus on Greek moral psychology and the theory of the "self" in Greek philosophy. His research on Greek moral psychology primarily explores Greek philosophers' analysis of human behavior through the study of the soul, as well as the similarities and differences between Greek eudaimonistic ethics, virtue ethics, and modern normative ethics. His research on the Greek theory of the "self" aims to reconstruct the unique understanding and construction of the self in Greek philosophy within the context of the development of Western self-theory from ancient to modern times.

  Courses Taught:

  For Undergraduates: History of Western Philosophy I, The Republic, Metaphysics

  For Postgraduates: Special Topics in Greek Philosophy, Introduction to The Republic

  Major Academic Achievements and Awards:

  I. Academic Papers

  Yu Youhui. "Aristotle on Akrasia." Morality and Civilization, 2013, 182(1):42–47. ISSN: 1007-1539. CSSCI.

  Yu Youhui. "Determinism and Moral Responsibility in Early Stoic Philosophy." Philosophical Gate, 2013, 14(1):249–260. ISBN: 9787301230527. CSSCI.

  Yu Youhui. "Socrates' 'Eudaimonism' and the Unified Subject: Based on a Critique of Terence Irwin's Division of Eudaimonism." Morality and Civilization, 2018, 215(4):130–135. ISSN: 1007-1539. CSSCI.

  Yu Youhui. "The Division of the Soul and the Rational Subject in The Republic." Social Sciences of Beijing, 2019, 194(6):120–128. ISSN: 1002-3054. CSSCI.

  II. Books

  Yu Youhui. Rhetoric, Philosophy, and Classical Politics: A Rhetorical Study of Classical Political Discourse. China Social Sciences Press, November 2010.

  Yu Youhui. A Study of Moral Psychology in Ancient Greece. People's Publishing House, 240,000 words, December 2019.

  Yu Youhui (trans.). Christopher Shields. Aristotle. Huaxia Publishing House, 390,000 words, September 2015.

  Yu Youhui (trans.). Eduard Zeller. A History of Greek Philosophy (Volumes 1 and 5). People's Publishing House, 800,000 words, December 2020.

  III. Research Projects

  1.Principal Investigator of the National Social Science Fund General Project: "The Theory of the 'Self' in Greek Ethics" (17BZX096), funding: 200,000 RMB, project approval date: June 30, 2017.

  2.Principal Investigator and completed the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Youth Fund Project: "A Study of Greek Moral Psychology" (12YJC720051), funding: 70,000 RMB, concluded in June 2016.

  3.Principal Investigator and completed the Jiangxi Provincial Social Science Research "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" (2012) General Project: "An Inquiry into the Concept of 'Will' in Ancient Western Philosophy" (12ZX11), funding: 5,000 RMB, concluded in June 2016.